Method and device for transmitting sidelink signal in wireless communications system

ABSTRACT

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method whereby a sidelink terminal transmits a signal in a wireless communications system, the signal transmission method comprising the steps of: mapping data to symbols in a slot; and transmitting a signal after mapping the data, wherein whether to map data to a predetermined symbol in the slot and the interval of mapping are determined on the basis of subcarrier spacing and a frequency range.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is the National Stage filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 ofInternational Application No. PCT/KR2019/008899, filed on Jul. 18, 2019,which claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority toKorean Application No. 10-2018-0083208, filed on Jul. 18, 2018, and alsoclaims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/717,761, filedon Aug. 10, 2018, the contents of which are all incorporated byreference herein in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system, andmore particularly, to a method and device for transmitting or receivinga sidelink signal by using some of resources of symbols for AGC or Tx/Rxswitching.

BACKGROUND ART

Wireless communication systems have been widely deployed to providevarious types of communication services such as voice or data. Ingeneral, a wireless communication system is a multiple access systemthat supports communication of multiple users by sharing availablesystem resources (a bandwidth, transmission power, etc.). Examples ofmultiple access systems include a code division multiple access (CDMA)system, a frequency division multiple access (FDMA) system, a timedivision multiple access (TDMA) system, an orthogonal frequency divisionmultiple access (OFDMA) system, a single carrier frequency divisionmultiple access (SC-FDMA) system, and a multi carrier frequency divisionmultiple access (MC-FDMA) system.

A wireless communication system uses various radio access technologies(RATs) such as long term evolution (LTE), LTE-advanced (LTE-A), andwireless fidelity (WiFi). 5th generation (5G) is such a wirelesscommunication system. Three key requirement areas of 5G include (1)enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), (2) massive machine type communication(mMTC), and (3) ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC).Some use cases may require multiple dimensions for optimization, whileothers may focus only on one key performance indicator (KPI). 5Gsupports such diverse use cases in a flexible and reliable way.

eMBB goes far beyond basic mobile Internet access and covers richinteractive work, media and entertainment applications in the cloud oraugmented reality (AR). Data is one of the key drivers for 5G and in the5G era, we may for the first time see no dedicated voice service. In 5G,voice is expected to be handled as an application program, simply usingdata connectivity provided by a communication system. The main driversfor an increased traffic volume are the increase in the size of contentand the number of applications requiring high data rates. Streamingservices (audio and video), interactive video, and mobile Internetconnectivity will continue to be used more broadly as more devicesconnect to the Internet. Many of these applications require always-onconnectivity to push real time information and notifications to users.Cloud storage and applications are rapidly increasing for mobilecommunication platforms. This is applicable for both work andentertainment. Cloud storage is one particular use case driving thegrowth of uplink data rates. 5G will also be used for remote work in thecloud which, when done with tactile interfaces, requires much lowerend-to-end latencies in order to maintain a good user experience.Entertainment, for example, cloud gaming and video streaming, is anotherkey driver for the increasing need for mobile broadband capacity.Entertainment will be very essential on smart phones and tabletseverywhere, including high mobility environments such as trains, carsand airplanes. Another use case is augmented reality (AR) forentertainment and information search, which requires very low latenciesand significant instant data volumes.

One of the most expected 5G use cases is the functionality of activelyconnecting embedded sensors in every field, that is, mMTC. It isexpected that there will be 20.4 billion potential Internet of things(IoT) devices by 2020. In industrial IoT, 5G is one of areas that playkey roles in enabling smart city, asset tracking, smart utility,agriculture, and security infrastructure.

URLLC includes services which will transform industries withultra-reliable/available, low latency links such as remote control ofcritical infrastructure and self-driving vehicles. The level ofreliability and latency are vital to smart-grid control, industrialautomation, robotics, drone control and coordination, and so on.

Now, multiple use cases will be described in detail.

5G may complement fiber-to-the home (FTTH) and cable-based broadband (ordata-over-cable service interface specifications (DOCSIS)) as a means ofproviding streams at data rates of hundreds of megabits per second togiga bits per second. Such a high speed is required for TV broadcasts ator above a resolution of 4K (6K, 8K, and higher) as well as virtualreality (VR) and AR. VR and AR applications mostly include immersivesport games. A special network configuration may be required for aspecific application program. For VR games, for example, game companiesmay have to integrate a core server with an edge network server of anetwork operator in order to minimize latency.

The automotive sector is expected to be a very important new driver for5G, with many use cases for mobile communications for vehicles. Forexample, entertainment for passengers requires simultaneous highcapacity and high mobility mobile broadband, because future users willexpect to continue their good quality connection independent of theirlocation and speed. Other use cases for the automotive sector are ARdashboards. These display overlay information on top of what a driver isseeing through the front window, identifying objects in the dark andtelling the driver about the distances and movements of the objects. Inthe future, wireless modules will enable communication between vehiclesthemselves, information exchange between vehicles and supportinginfrastructure and between vehicles and other connected devices (e.g.,those carried by pedestrians). Safety systems may guide drivers onalternative courses of action to allow them to drive more safely andlower the risks of accidents. The next stage will be remote-controlledor self-driving vehicles. These require very reliable, very fastcommunication between different self-driving vehicles and betweenvehicles and infrastructure. In the future, self-driving vehicles willexecute all driving activities, while drivers are focusing on trafficabnormality elusive to the vehicles themselves. The technicalrequirements for self-driving vehicles call for ultra-low latencies andultra-high reliability, increasing traffic safety to levels humanscannot achieve.

Smart cities and smart homes, often referred to as smart society, willbe embedded with dense wireless sensor networks. Distributed networks ofintelligent sensors will identify conditions for cost- andenergy-efficient maintenance of the city or home. A similar setup can bedone for each home, where temperature sensors, window and heatingcontrollers, burglar alarms, and home appliances are all connectedwirelessly. Many of these sensors are typically characterized by lowdata rate, low power, and low cost, but for example, real time highdefinition (HD) video may be required in some types of devices forsurveillance.

The consumption and distribution of energy, including heat or gas, isbecoming highly decentralized, creating the need for automated controlof a very distributed sensor network. A smart grid interconnects suchsensors, using digital information and communications technology togather and act on information. This information may include informationabout the behaviors of suppliers and consumers, allowing the smart gridto improve the efficiency, reliability, economics and sustainability ofthe production and distribution of fuels such as electricity in anautomated fashion. A smart grid may be seen as another sensor networkwith low delays.

The health sector has many applications that may benefit from mobilecommunications. Communications systems enable telemedicine, whichprovides clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distancebarriers and may improve access to medical services that would often notbe consistently available in distant rural communities. It is also usedto save lives in critical care and emergency situations. Wireless sensornetworks based on mobile communication may provide remote monitoring andsensors for parameters such as heart rate and blood pressure.

Wireless and mobile communications are becoming increasingly importantfor industrial applications. Wires are expensive to install andmaintain, and the possibility of replacing cables with reconfigurablewireless links is a tempting opportunity for many industries. However,achieving this requires that the wireless connection works with asimilar delay, reliability and capacity as cables and that itsmanagement is simplified. Low delays and very low error probabilitiesare new requirements that need to be addressed with 5G.

Finally, logistics and freight tracking are important use cases formobile communications that enable the tracking of inventory and packageswherever they are by using location-based information systems. Thelogistics and freight tracking use cases typically require lower datarates but need wide coverage and reliable location information.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method forincreasing the number of REs available for data transmission by usingone OFDM symbol (first/last symbol) used for AGC and Tx/Rx switchingoperation of NR V2X subframe.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the objectsthat could be achieved with the present disclosure are not limited towhat has been particularly described hereinabove and the above and otherobjects that the present disclosure could achieve will be more clearlyunderstood from the following detailed description.

Technical Solution

In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for transmitting asignal by a sidelink UE in a wireless communications system comprisesthe steps of mapping data to symbols in a slot, and transmitting asignal after mapping the data, wherein whether to map data topredetermined symbols in the slot and a mapping interval are determinedbased on a subcarrier spacing and a frequency range (FR).

In another aspect of the present disclosure, a sidelink UE fortransmitting or receiving a signal in a wireless communication systemcomprises a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein theprocessor maps data to symbols in a slot, and transmits a signal aftermapping the data, and whether to map data to a predetermined symbol inthe slot and a mapping interval are determined based on a subcarrierspacing and a frequency range (FR).

The predetermined symbol may be a symbol for Tx/Rx switching or a symbolfor AGC (Automatic Gain Control).

The UE may use a second time duration excluding a first time durationfrom a symbol duration corresponding to the subcarrier spacing, for datatransmission, and the first time duration may be the smallest value ofvalues greater than Tx/Rx switching time in the frequency range (FR)among integer multiples of values obtained by dividing the symbolduration by the mapping interval.

In the predetermined symbol, the data may be mapped to RE correspondingto an integer multiple of the mapping interval based on the lowestfrequency RE.

The subcarrier spacing may be one of 15 kHz, 30 kHz, f kHz and 120 kHz.

The frequency range may be one of FR1 and FR2.

The UE may perform scheduling or sensing in a unit of n slots in apredetermined frequency range and subcarrier spacing.

The n may be indicated by physical layer signaling or higher layersignaling.

The mapping interval may be determined by further considering a TTIlength.

Whether to map data may be determined by further considering whether TTIlength is a certain value or less, whether a ratio of a durationreserved in the TTI length is a certain value or less, or whether aratio of AGC time reserved in the symbol duration or TTI length is acertain value or less.

The mapping interval may be determined by further considering UEcapability.

Advantageous Effects

According to the present disclosure, since the number of REs used fordata transmission may be increased, efficiency in use of resources maybe enhanced.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that that theeffects that can be achieved through the present disclosure are notlimited to what has been particularly described hereinabove and otheradvantages of the present disclosure will be more clearly understoodfrom the following detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the present disclosure and are incorporated in andconstitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of thepresent disclosure and together with the description serve to explainthe principle of the present disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a vehicle according to the embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a control block view illustrating a vehicle according to theembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a control block view illustrating an autonomous driving deviceaccording to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a block view illustrating an autonomous driving deviceaccording to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a view illustrating the inside of a vehicle according to theembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a block view illustrating a cabin system for a vehicleaccording to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 illustrates a structure of an LTE system to which the presentdisclosure is applicable;

FIG. 8 illustrates a radio protocol architecture for a user plane towhich the present disclosure is applicable;

FIG. 9 illustrates a radio protocol architecture for a control plane towhich the present disclosure is applicable;

FIG. 10 illustrates a structure of an NR system to which the presentdisclosure is applicable;

FIG. 11 illustrates functional division between NG-RAN and 5GC to whichthe present disclosure is applicable;

FIG. 12 illustrates a structure of a radio frame of an NR system towhich the present disclosure is applicable;

FIG. 13 illustrates a structure of a slot of an NR frame to which thepresent disclosure is applicable;

FIG. 14 illustrates an example of a reservation method of transmissionresources of next packet in transmission resource selection;

FIG. 15 illustrates an example that PSCCH is transmitted in a sidelinktransmission mode 3 or 4 to which the present disclosure is applicable;

FIG. 16 illustrates an example of physical layer processing at atransmission side to which the present disclosure is applicable;

FIG. 17 illustrates an example of physical layer processing at areception side to which the present disclosure is applicable;

FIG. 18 illustrates a synchronization source or synchronizationreference in V2X to which the present disclosure is applicable;

FIGS. 19 to 21 are flow charts related to various embodiments of thepresent disclosure; and

FIGS. 22 to 28 illustrate various devices to which the presentdisclosure is applicable.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

1. Driving

(1) Exterior of Vehicle

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a vehicle according to an implementation ofthe present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1, a vehicle 10 according to an implementation of thepresent disclosure is defined as transportation traveling on roads orrailroads. The vehicle 10 includes a car, a train, and a motorcycle. Thevehicle 10 may include an internal-combustion engine vehicle having anengine as a power source, a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motoras a power source, and an electric vehicle having an electric motor as apower source. The vehicle 10 may be a private own vehicle or a sharedvehicle. The vehicle 10 may be an autonomous vehicle.

(2) Components of Vehicle

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the vehicle according to animplementation of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 2, the vehicle 10 may include a user interface device200, an object detection device 210, a communication device 220, adriving operation device 230, a main electronic control unit (ECU) 240,a driving control device 250, an autonomous driving device 260, asensing unit 270, and a location data generating device 280. Each of theobject detection device 210, communication device 220, driving operationdevice 230, main ECU 240, driving control device 250, autonomous drivingdevice 260, sensing unit 270, and location data generating device 280may be implemented as an electronic device that generates an electricalsignal and exchanges the electrical signal from one another.

1) User Interface Device

The user interface device 200 is a device for communication between thevehicle 10 and a user. The user interface device 200 may receive a userinput and provide information generated in the vehicle 10 to the user.The vehicle 10 may implement a user interface (UI) or user experience(UX) through the user interface device 200. The user interface device200 may include an input device, an output device, and a user monitoringdevice.

2) Object Detection Device

The object detection device 210 may generate information about an objectoutside the vehicle 10. The object information may include at least oneof information about the presence of the object, information about thelocation of the object, information about the distance between thevehicle 10 and the object, and information about the relative speed ofthe vehicle 10 with respect to the object. The object detection device210 may detect the object outside the vehicle 10. The object detectiondevice 210 may include at least one sensor to detect the object outsidethe vehicle 10. The object detection device 210 may include at least oneof a camera, a radar, a lidar, an ultrasonic sensor, and an infraredsensor. The object detection device 210 may provide data about theobject, which is created based on a sensing signal generated by thesensor, to at least one electronic device included in the vehicle 10.

2.1) Camera

The camera may generate information about an object outside the vehicle10 with an image. The camera may include at least one lens, at least oneimage sensor, and at least one processor electrically connected to theimage sensor and configured to process a received signal and generatedata about the object based on the processed signal.

The camera may be at least one of a mono camera, a stereo camera, and anaround view monitoring (AVM) camera. The camera may acquire informationabout the location of the object, information about the distance to theobject, or information about the relative speed thereof with respect tothe object based on various image processing algorithms. For example,the camera may acquire the information about the distance to the objectand the information about the relative speed with respect to the objectfrom the image based on a change in the size of the object over time.For example, the camera may acquire the information about the distanceto the object and the information about the relative speed with respectto the object through a pin-hole model, road profiling, etc. Forexample, the camera may acquire the information about the distance tothe object and the information about the relative speed with respect tothe object from a stereo image generated by a stereo camera based ondisparity information.

The camera may be disposed at a part of the vehicle 10 where the fieldof view (FOV) is guaranteed to photograph the outside of the vehicle 10.The camera may be disposed close to a front windshield inside thevehicle 10 to acquire front-view images of the vehicle 10. The cameramay be disposed in the vicinity of a front bumper or a radiator grill.The camera may be disposed close to a rear glass inside the vehicle 10to acquire rear-view images of the vehicle 10. The camera may bedisposed in the vicinity of a rear bumper, a trunk, or a tail gate. Thecamera may be disposed close to at least one of side windows inside thevehicle 10 in order to acquire side-view images of the vehicle 10.Alternatively, the camera may be disposed in the vicinity of a sidemirror, a fender, or a door.

2.2) Radar

The radar may generate information about an object outside the vehicle10 using electromagnetic waves. The radar may include an electromagneticwave transmitter, an electromagnetic wave receiver, and at least oneprocessor electrically connected to the electromagnetic wave transmitterand the electromagnetic wave receiver and configured to process areceived signal and generate data about the object based on theprocessed signal. The radar may be a pulse radar or a continuous waveradar depending on electromagnetic wave emission. The continuous waveradar may be a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar or afrequency shift keying (FSK) radar depending on signal waveforms. Theradar may detect the object from the electromagnetic waves based on thetime of flight (TOF) or phase shift principle and obtain the location ofthe detected object, the distance to the detected object, and therelative speed with respect to the detected object. The radar may bedisposed at an appropriate position outside the vehicle 10 to detectobjects placed in front, rear, or side of the vehicle 10.

2.3) Lidar

The lidar may generate information about an object outside the vehicle10 using a laser beam. The lidar may include a light transmitter, alight receiver, and at least one processor electrically connected to thelight transmitter and the light receiver and configured to process areceived signal and generate data about the object based on theprocessed signal. The lidar may operate based on the TOF or phase shiftprinciple. The lidar may be a driven type or a non-driven type. Thedriven type of lidar may be rotated by a motor and detect an objectaround the vehicle 10. The non-driven type of lidar may detect an objectwithin a predetermined range from the vehicle 10 based on lightsteering. The vehicle 10 may include a plurality of non-driven type oflidars. The lidar may detect the object from the laser beam based on theTOF or phase shift principle and obtain the location of the detectedobject, the distance to the detected object, and the relative speed withrespect to the detected object. The lidar may be disposed at anappropriate position outside the vehicle 10 to detect objects placed infront, rear, or side of the vehicle 10.

3) Communication Device

The communication device 220 may exchange a signal with a device outsidethe vehicle 10. The communication device 220 may exchange a signal withat least one of an infrastructure (e.g., server, broadcast station,etc.), another vehicle, and a terminal. The communication device 220 mayinclude a transmission antenna, a reception antenna, and at least one ofa radio frequency (RF) circuit and an RF element where variouscommunication protocols may be implemented to perform communication.

For example, the communication device 220 may exchange a signal with anexternal device based on the cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X)technology. The C-V2X technology may include LTE-based sidelinkcommunication and/or NR-based sidelink communication. Details related tothe C-V2X technology will be described later.

The communication device 220 may exchange the signal with the externaldevice according to dedicated short-range communications (DSRC)technology or wireless access in vehicular environment (WAVE) standardsbased on IEEE 802.11p PHY/MAC layer technology and IEEE 1609Network/Transport layer technology. The DSRC technology (or WAVEstandards) is communication specifications for providing intelligenttransport system (ITS) services through dedicated short-rangecommunication between vehicle-mounted devices or between a road sideunit and a vehicle-mounted device. The DSRC technology may be acommunication scheme that allows the use of a frequency of 5.9 GHz andhas a data transfer rate in the range of 3 Mbps to 27 Mbps. IEEE 802.11pmay be combined with IEEE 1609 to support the DSRC technology (or WAVEstandards).

According to the present disclosure, the communication device 220 mayexchange the signal with the external device according to either theC-V2X technology or the DSRC technology. Alternatively, thecommunication device 220 may exchange the signal with the externaldevice by combining the C-V2X technology and the DSRC technology.

4) Driving Operation Device

The driving operation device 230 is configured to receive a user inputfor driving. In a manual mode, the vehicle 10 may be driven based on asignal provided by the driving operation device 230. The drivingoperation device 230 may include a steering input device (e.g., steeringwheel), an acceleration input device (e.g., acceleration pedal), and abrake input device (e.g., brake pedal).

5) Main ECU

The main ECU 240 may control the overall operation of at least oneelectronic device included in the vehicle 10.

6) Driving Control Device

The driving control device 250 is configured to electrically controlvarious vehicle driving devices included in the vehicle 10. The drivingcontrol device 250 may include a power train driving control device, achassis driving control device, a door/window driving control device, asafety driving control device, a lamp driving control device, and anair-conditioner driving control device. The power train driving controldevice may include a power source driving control device and atransmission driving control device. The chassis driving control devicemay include a steering driving control device, a brake driving controldevice, and a suspension driving control device. The safety drivingcontrol device may include a seat belt driving control device for seatbelt control.

The driving control device 250 includes at least one electronic controldevice (e.g., control ECU).

The driving control device 250 may control the vehicle driving devicebased on a signal received from the autonomous driving device 260. Forexample, the driving control device 250 may control a power train, asteering, and a brake based on signals received from the autonomousdriving device 260.

7) Autonomous Driving Device

The autonomous driving device 260 may generate a route for autonomousdriving based on obtained data. The autonomous driving device 260 maygenerate a driving plan for traveling along the generated route. Theautonomous driving device 260 may generate a signal for controlling themovement of the vehicle 10 according to the driving plan. The autonomousdriving device 260 may provide the generated signal to the drivingcontrol device 250.

The autonomous driving device 260 may implement at least one advanceddriver assistance system (ADAS) function. The ADAS may implement atleast one of adaptive cruise control (ACC), autonomous emergency braking(AEB), forward collision warning (FCW), lane keeping assist (LKA), lanechange assist (LCA), target following assist (TFA), blind spot detection(BSD), high beam assist (HBA), auto parking system (APS), PD collisionwarning system, traffic sign recognition (TSR), traffic sign assist(TSA), night vision (NV), driver status monitoring (DSM), and trafficfam assist (TJA).

The autonomous driving device 260 may perform switching from anautonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode or switching from themanual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode. For example, theautonomous driving device 260 may switch the mode of the vehicle 10 fromthe autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode or from themanual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode based on a signalreceived from the user interface device 200.

8) Sensing Unit

The sensing unit 270 may detect the state of the vehicle 10. The sensingunit 270 may include at least one of an inertial measurement unit (IMU)sensor, a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, a speed sensor, aninclination sensor, a weight sensor, a heading sensor, a positionmodule, a vehicle forward/backward movement sensor, a battery sensor, afuel sensor, a tire sensor, a steering sensor, a temperature sensor, ahumidity sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an illumination sensor, and apedal position sensor. Further, the IMU sensor may include at least oneof an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, and a magnetic sensor.

The sensing unit 270 may generate data about the vehicle state based ona signal generated by at least one sensor. The vehicle state data may beinformation generated based on data detected by various sensors includedin the vehicle 10. The sensing unit 270 may generate vehicle attitudedata, vehicle motion data, vehicle yaw data, vehicle roll data, vehiclepitch data, vehicle collision data, vehicle orientation data, vehicleangle data, vehicle speed data, vehicle acceleration data, vehicle tiltdata, vehicle forward/backward movement data, vehicle weight data,battery data, fuel data, tire pressure data, vehicle internaltemperature data, vehicle internal humidity data, steering wheelrotation angle data, vehicle external illumination data, data onpressure applied to the acceleration pedal, data on pressure applied tothe brake pedal, etc.

9) Location Data Generating Device

The location data generating device 280 may generate data on thelocation of the vehicle 10. The location data generating device 280 mayinclude at least one of a global positioning system (GPS) and adifferential global positioning system (DGPS). The location datagenerating device 280 may generate the location data on the vehicle 10based on a signal generated by at least one of the GPS and the DGPS. Insome implementations, the location data generating device 280 maycorrect the location data based on at least one of the IMU sensor of thesensing unit 270 and the camera of the object detection device 210. Thelocation data generating device 280 may also be called a globalnavigation satellite system (GNSS).

The vehicle 10 may include an internal communication system 50. Theplurality of electronic devices included in the vehicle 10 may exchangea signal through the internal communication system 50. The signal mayinclude data. The internal communication system 50 may use at least onecommunication protocol (e.g., CAN, LIN, FlexRay, MOST, or Ethernet).

(3) Components of Autonomous Driving Device

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the autonomous driving device 260according to an implementation of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3, the autonomous driving device 260 may include amemory 140, a processor 170, an interface 180 and a power supply 190.

The memory 140 is electrically connected to the processor 170. Thememory 140 may store basic data about a unit, control data forcontrolling the operation of the unit, and input/output data. The memory140 may store data processed by the processor 170. In hardwareimplementation, the memory 140 may be implemented as any one of a ROM, aRAM, an EPROM, a flash drive, and a hard drive. The memory 140 may storevarious data for the overall operation of the autonomous driving device260, such as a program for processing or controlling the processor 170.The memory 140 may be integrated with the processor 170. In someimplementations, the memory 140 may be classified as a subcomponent ofthe processor 170.

The interface 180 may exchange a signal with at least one electronicdevice included in the vehicle 10 by wire or wirelessly. The interface180 may exchange a signal with at least one of the object detectiondevice 210, the communication device 220, the driving operation device230, the main ECU 240, the driving control device 250, the sensing unit270, and the location data generating device 280 by wire or wirelessly.The interface 180 may be implemented with at least one of acommunication module, a terminal, a pin, a cable, a port, a circuit, anelement, and a device.

The power supply 190 may provide power to the autonomous driving device260. The power supply 190 may be provided with power from a power source(e.g., battery) included in the vehicle 10 and supply the power to eachunit of the autonomous driving device 260. The power supply 190 mayoperate according to a control signal from the main ECU 240. The powersupply 190 may include a switched-mode power supply (SMPS).

The processor 170 may be electrically connected to the memory 140, theinterface 180, and the power supply 190 to exchange signals with thecomponents. The processor 170 may be implemented with at least one ofapplication specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signalprocessors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs),programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays(FPGAs), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors,and electronic units for executing other functions.

The processor 170 may be driven by power supplied from the power supply190. The processor 170 may receive data, process the data, generate asignal, and provide the signal while the power is supplied thereto.

The processor 170 may receive information from other electronic devicesincluded in the vehicle 10 through the interface 180. The processor 170may provide a control signal to other electronic devices in the vehicle10 through the interface 180.

The autonomous driving device 260 may include at least one printedcircuit board (PCB). The memory 140, the interface 180, the power supply190, and the processor 170 may be electrically connected to the PCB.

(4) Operation of Autonomous Driving Device

1) Receiving Operation

Referring to FIG. 4, the processor 170 may perform a receivingoperation. The processor 170 may receive data from at least one of theobject detection device 210, the communication device 220, the sensingunit 270, and the location data generating device 280 through theinterface 180. The processor 170 may receive object data from the objectdetection device 210. The processor 170 may receive HD map data from thecommunication device 220. The processor 170 may receive vehicle statedata from the sensing unit 270. The processor 170 may receive locationdata from the location data generating device 280.

2) Processing/Determination Operation

The processor 170 may perform a processing/determination operation. Theprocessor 170 may perform the processing/determination operation basedon driving state information. The processor 170 may perform theprocessing/determination operation based on at least one of object data,HD map data, vehicle state data, and location data.

2.1) Driving Plan Data Generating Operation

The processor 170 may generate driving plan data. For example, theprocessor 170 may generate electronic horizon data. The electronichorizon data may be understood as driving plan data from the currentlocation of the vehicle 10 to the horizon. The horizon may be understoodas a point away from the current location of the vehicle 10 by apredetermined distance along a predetermined traveling route. Further,the horizon may refer to a point at which the vehicle 10 may arriveafter a predetermined time from the current location of the vehicle 10along the predetermined traveling route.

The electronic horizon data may include horizon map data and horizonpath data.

2.1.1) Horizon Map Data

The horizon map data may include at least one of topology data, roaddata, HD map data and dynamic data. In some implementations, the horizonmap data may include a plurality of layers. For example, the horizon mapdata may include a first layer matching with the topology data, a secondlayer matching with the road data, a third layer matching with the HDmap data, and a fourth layer matching with the dynamic data. The horizonmap data may further include static object data.

The topology data may be understood as a map created by connecting roadcenters with each other. The topology data is suitable for representingan approximate location of a vehicle and may have a data form used fornavigation for drivers. The topology data may be interpreted as dataabout roads without vehicles. The topology data may be generated on thebasis of data received from an external server through the communicationdevice 220. The topology data may be based on data stored in at leastone memory included in the vehicle 10.

The road data may include at least one of road slope data, roadcurvature data, and road speed limit data. The road data may furtherinclude no-passing zone data. The road data may be based on datareceived from an external server through the communication device 220.The road data may be based on data generated by the object detectiondevice 210.

The HD map data may include detailed topology information including roadlanes, connection information about each lane, and feature informationfor vehicle localization (e.g., traffic sign, lane marking/property,road furniture, etc.). The HD map data may be based on data receivedfrom an external server through the communication device 220.

The dynamic data may include various types of dynamic information onroads. For example, the dynamic data may include constructioninformation, variable speed road information, road conditioninformation, traffic information, moving object information, etc. Thedynamic data may be based on data received from an external serverthrough the communication device 220. The dynamic data may be based ondata generated by the object detection device 210.

The processor 170 may provide map data from the current location of thevehicle 10 to the horizon.

2.1.2) Horizon Path Data

The horizon path data may be understood as a potential trajectory of thevehicle 10 when the vehicle 10 travels from the current location of thevehicle 10 to the horizon. The horizon path data may include dataindicating the relative probability of selecting a road at the decisionpoint (e.g., fork, junction, crossroad, etc.). The relative probabilitymay be calculated on the basis of the time taken to arrive at the finaldestination. For example, if the time taken to arrive at the finaldestination when a first road is selected at the decision point isshorter than that when a second road is selected, the probability ofselecting the first road may be calculated to be higher than theprobability of selecting the second road.

The horizon path data may include a main path and a sub-path. The mainpath may be understood as a trajectory obtained by connecting roads thatare highly likely to be selected. The sub-path may be branched from atleast one decision point on the main path. The sub-path may beunderstood as a trajectory obtained by connecting one or more roads thatare less likely to be selected at the at least one decision point on themain path.

3) Control Signal Generating Operation

The processor 170 may perform a control signal generating operation. Theprocessor 170 may generate a control signal on the basis of theelectronic horizon data. For example, the processor 170 may generate atleast one of a power train control signal, a brake device controlsignal, and a steering device control signal on the basis of theelectronic horizon data.

The processor 170 may transmit the generated control signal to thedriving control device 250 through the interface 180. The drivingcontrol device 250 may forward the control signal to at least one of apower train 251, a brake device 252 and a steering device 253.

2. Cabin

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the interior of the vehicle 10 according toan implementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram for explaining a vehicle cabin systemaccording to an implementation of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, a vehicle cabin system 300 (cabin system)may be defined as a convenience system for the user who uses the vehicle10. The cabin system 300 may be understood as a high-end systemincluding a display system 350, a cargo system 355, a seat system 360,and a payment system 365. The cabin system 300 may include a maincontroller 370, a memory 340, an interface 380, a power supply 390, aninput device 310, an imaging device 320, a communication device 330, thedisplay system 350, the cargo system 355, the seat system 360, and thepayment system 365. In some implementations, the cabin system 300 mayfurther include components in addition to the components described inthis specification or may not include some of the components describedin this specification.

1) Main Controller

The main controller 370 may be electrically connected to the inputdevice 310, the communication device 330, the display system 350, thecargo system 355, the seat system 360, and the payment system 365 andexchange signals with the components. The main controller 370 maycontrol the input device 310, the communication device 330, the displaysystem 350, the cargo system 355, the seat system 360, and the paymentsystem 365. The main controller 370 may be implemented with at least oneof application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signalprocessors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs),programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays(FPGAs), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors,and electronic units for executing other functions.

The main controller 370 may include at least one sub-controller. In someimplementations, the main controller 370 may include a plurality ofsub-controllers. The plurality of sub-controllers may control thedevices and systems included in the cabin system 300, respectively. Thedevices and systems included in the cabin system 300 may be grouped byfunctions or grouped with respect to seats for users.

The main controller 370 may include at least one processor 371. AlthoughFIG. 6 illustrates the main controller 370 including a single processor371, the main controller 371 may include a plurality of processors 371.The processor 371 may be classified as one of the above-describedsub-controllers.

The processor 371 may receive signals, information, or data from a userterminal through the communication device 330. The user terminal maytransmit signals, information, or data to the cabin system 300.

The processor 371 may identify the user on the basis of image datareceived from at least one of an internal camera and an external cameraincluded in the imaging device 320. The processor 371 may identify theuser by applying an image processing algorithm to the image data. Forexample, the processor 371 may identify the user by comparinginformation received from the user terminal with the image data. Forexample, the information may include information about at least one ofthe route, body, fellow passenger, baggage, location, preferred content,preferred food, disability, and use history of the user.

The main controller 370 may include an artificial intelligence agent372. The artificial intelligence agent 372 may perform machine learningon the basis of data acquired from the input device 310. The artificialintelligence agent 372 may control at least one of the display system350, the cargo system 355, the seat system 360, and the payment system365 on the basis of machine learning results.

2) Essential Components

The memory 340 is electrically connected to the main controller 370. Thememory 340 may store basic data about a unit, control data forcontrolling the operation of the unit, and input/output data. The memory340 may store data processed by the main controller 370. In hardwareimplementation, the memory 140 may be implemented as any one of a ROM, aRAM, an EPROM, a flash drive, and a hard drive. The memory 340 may storevarious types of data for the overall operation of the cabin system 300,such as a program for processing or controlling the main controller 370.The memory 340 may be integrated with the main controller 370.

The interface 380 may exchange a signal with at least one electronicdevice included in the vehicle 10 by wire or wirelessly. The interface380 may be implemented with at least one of a communication module, aterminal, a pin, a cable, a port, a circuit, an element and a device.

The power supply 390 may provide power to the cabin system 300. Thepower supply 390 may be provided with power from a power source (e.g.,battery) included in the vehicle 10 and supply the power to each unit ofthe cabin system 300. The power supply 390 may operate according to acontrol signal from the main controller 370. For example, the powersupply 390 may be implemented as a SMPS.

The cabin system 300 may include at least one PCB. The main controller370, the memory 340, the interface 380, and the power supply 390 may bemounted on at least one PCB.

3) Input Device

The input device 310 may receive a user input. The input device 310 mayconvert the user input into an electrical signal. The electrical signalconverted by the input device 310 may be converted into a control signaland provided to at least one of the display system 350, the cargo system355, the seat system 360, and the payment system 365. The maincontroller 370 or at least one processor included in the cabin system300 may generate a control signal based on an electrical signal receivedfrom the input device 310.

The input device 310 may include at least one of a touch input unit, agesture input unit, a mechanical input unit, and a voice input unit. Thetouch input unit may convert a touch input from the user into anelectrical signal. The touch input unit may include at least one touchsensor to detect the user's touch input. In some implementations, thetouch input unit may be implemented as a touch screen by integrating thetouch input unit with at least one display included in the displaysystem 350. Such a touch screen may provide both an input interface andan output interface between the cabin system 300 and the user. Thegesture input unit may convert a gesture input from the user into anelectrical signal. The gesture input unit may include at least one of aninfrared sensor and an image sensor to detect the user's gesture input.In some implementations, the gesture input unit may detect athree-dimensional gesture input from the user. To this end, the gestureinput unit may include a plurality of light output units for outputtinginfrared light or a plurality of image sensors. The gesture input unitmay detect the user's three-dimensional gesture input based on the TOF,structured light, or disparity principle. The mechanical input unit mayconvert a physical input (e.g., press or rotation) from the user througha mechanical device into an electrical signal. The mechanical input unitmay include at least one of a button, a dome switch, a jog wheel, and ajog switch. Meanwhile, the gesture input unit and the mechanical inputunit may be integrated. For example, the input device 310 may include ajog dial device that includes a gesture sensor and is formed such thatjog dial device may be inserted/ejected into/from a part of asurrounding structure (e.g., at least one of a seat, an armrest, and adoor). When the jog dial device is parallel to the surroundingstructure, the jog dial device may serve as the gesture input unit. Whenthe jog dial device protrudes from the surrounding structure, the jogdial device may serve as the mechanical input unit. The voice input unitmay convert a user's voice input into an electrical signal. The voiceinput unit may include at least one microphone. The voice input unit mayinclude a beamforming MIC.

4) Imaging Device

The imaging device 320 may include at least one camera. The imagingdevice 320 may include at least one of an internal camera and anexternal camera. The internal camera may capture an image of the insideof the cabin. The external camera may capture an image of the outside ofthe vehicle 10. The internal camera may obtain the image of the insideof the cabin. The imaging device 320 may include at least one internalcamera. It is desirable that the imaging device 320 includes as manycameras as the maximum number of passengers in the vehicle 10. Theimaging device 320 may provide an image obtained by the internal camera.The main controller 370 or at least one processor included in the cabinsystem 300 may detect the motion of the user from the image acquired bythe internal camera, generate a signal on the basis of the detectedmotion, and provide the signal to at least one of the display system350, the cargo system 355, the seat system 360, and the payment system365. The external camera may obtain the image of the outside of thevehicle 10. The imaging device 320 may include at least one externalcamera. It is desirable that the imaging device 320 include as manycameras as the maximum number of passenger doors. The imaging device 320may provide an image obtained by the external camera. The maincontroller 370 or at least one processor included in the cabin system300 may acquire user information from the image acquired by the externalcamera. The main controller 370 or at least one processor included inthe cabin system 300 may authenticate the user or obtain informationabout the user body (e.g., height, weight, etc.), information aboutfellow passengers, and information about baggage from the userinformation.

5) Communication Device

The communication device 330 may exchange a signal with an externaldevice wirelessly. The communication device 330 may exchange the signalwith the external device through a network or directly. The externaldevice may include at least one of a server, a mobile terminal, andanother vehicle. The communication device 330 may exchange a signal withat least one user terminal. To perform communication, the communicationdevice 330 may include an antenna and at least one of an RF circuit andelement capable of at least one communication protocol. In someimplementations, the communication device 330 may use a plurality ofcommunication protocols. The communication device 330 may switch thecommunication protocol depending on the distance to a mobile terminal.

For example, the communication device 330 may exchange the signal withthe external device based on the C-V2X technology. The C-V2X technologymay include LTE-based sidelink communication and/or NR-based sidelinkcommunication. Details related to the C-V2X technology will be describedlater.

The communication device 220 may exchange the signal with the externaldevice according to DSRC technology or WAVE standards based on IEEE802.11p PHY/MAC layer technology and IEEE 1609 Network/Transport layertechnology. The DSRC technology (or WAVE standards) is communicationspecifications for providing ITS services through dedicated short-rangecommunication between vehicle-mounted devices or between a road sideunit and a vehicle-mounted device. The DSRC technology may be acommunication scheme that allows the use of a frequency of 5.9 GHz andhas a data transfer rate in the range of 3 Mbps to 27 Mbps. IEEE 802.11pmay be combined with IEEE 1609 to support the DSRC technology (or WAVEstandards).

According to the present disclosure, the communication device 330 mayexchange the signal with the external device according to either theC-V2X technology or the DSRC technology. Alternatively, thecommunication device 330 may exchange the signal with the externaldevice by combining the C-V2X technology and the DSRC technology.

6) Display System

The display system 350 may display a graphic object. The display system350 may include at least one display device. For example, the displaysystem 350 may include a first display device 410 for common use and asecond display device 420 for individual use.

6.1) Common Display Device

The first display device 410 may include at least one display 411 todisplay visual content. The display 411 included in the first displaydevice 410 may be implemented with at least one of a flat display, acurved display, a rollable display, and a flexible display. For example,the first display device 410 may include a first display 411 disposedbehind a seat and configured to be inserted/ejected into/from the cabin,and a first mechanism for moving the first display 411. The firstdisplay 411 may be disposed such that the first display 411 is capableof being inserted/ejected into/from a slot formed in a seat main frame.In some implementations, the first display device 410 may furtherinclude a mechanism for controlling a flexible part. The first display411 may be formed to be flexible, and a flexible part of the firstdisplay 411 may be adjusted depending on the position of the user. Forexample, the first display device 410 may be disposed on the ceiling ofthe cabin and include a second display formed to be rollable and asecond mechanism for rolling and releasing the second display. Thesecond display may be formed such that images may be displayed on bothsides thereof. For example, the first display device 410 may be disposedon the ceiling of the cabin and include a third display formed to beflexible and a third mechanism for bending and unbending the thirddisplay. In some implementations, the display system 350 may furtherinclude at least one processor that provides a control signal to atleast one of the first display device 410 and the second display device420. The processor included in the display system 350 may generate acontrol signal based on a signal received from at last one of the maincontroller 370, the input device 310, the imaging device 320, and thecommunication device 330.

The display area of a display included in the first display device 410may be divided into a first area 411 a and a second area 411 b. Thefirst area 411 a may be defined as a content display area. For example,at least one of graphic objects corresponding to display entertainmentcontent (e.g., movies, sports, shopping, food, etc.), video conferences,food menus, and augmented reality images may be displayed in the firstarea 411. Further, a graphic object corresponding to driving stateinformation about the vehicle 10 may be displayed in the first area 411a. The driving state information may include at least one of informationabout an object outside the vehicle 10, navigation information, andvehicle state information. The object information may include at leastone of information about the presence of the object, information aboutthe location of the object, information about the distance between thevehicle 10 and the object, and information about the relative speed ofthe vehicle 10 with respect to the object. The navigation informationmay include at least one of map information, information about a setdestination, information about a route to the destination, informationabout various objects on the route, lane information, and information onthe current location of the vehicle 10. The vehicle state informationmay include vehicle attitude information, vehicle speed information,vehicle tilt information, vehicle weight information, vehicleorientation information, vehicle battery information, vehicle fuelinformation, vehicle tire pressure information, vehicle steeringinformation, vehicle internal temperature information, vehicle internalhumidity information, pedal position information, vehicle enginetemperature information, etc. The second area 411 b may be defined as auser interface area. For example, an artificial intelligence agentscreen may be displayed in the second area 411 b. In someimplementations, the second area 411 b may be located in an area definedfor a seat frame. In this case, the user may view content displayed inthe second area 411 b between seats. In some implementations, the firstdisplay device 410 may provide hologram content. For example, the firstdisplay device 410 may provide hologram content for each of a pluralityof users so that only a user who requests the content may view thecontent.

6.2) Display Device for Individual Use

The second display device 420 may include at least one display 421. Thesecond display device 420 may provide the display 421 at a position atwhich only each passenger may view display content. For example, thedisplay 421 may be disposed on the armrest of the seat. The seconddisplay device 420 may display a graphic object corresponding topersonal information about the user. The second display device 420 mayinclude as many displays 421 as the maximum number of passengers in thevehicle 10. The second display device 420 may be layered or integratedwith a touch sensor to implement a touch screen. The second displaydevice 420 may display a graphic object for receiving a user input forseat adjustment or indoor temperature adjustment.

7) Cargo System

The cargo system 355 may provide items to the user according to therequest from the user. The cargo system 355 may operate on the basis ofan electrical signal generated by the input device 310 or thecommunication device 330. The cargo system 355 may include a cargo box.The cargo box may include the items and be hidden under the seat. Whenan electrical signal based on a user input is received, the cargo boxmay be exposed to the cabin. The user may select a necessary item fromthe items loaded in the cargo box. The cargo system 355 may include asliding mechanism and an item pop-up mechanism to expose the cargo boxaccording to the user input. The cargo system 355 may include aplurality of cargo boxes to provide various types of items. A weightsensor for determining whether each item is provided may be installed inthe cargo box.

8) Seat System

The seat system 360 may customize the seat for the user. The seat system360 may operate on the basis of an electrical signal generated by theinput device 310 or the communication device 330. The seat system 360may adjust at least one element of the seat by obtaining user body data.The seat system 360 may include a user detection sensor (e.g., pressuresensor) to determine whether the user sits on the seat. The seat system360 may include a plurality of seats for a plurality of users. One ofthe plurality of seats may be disposed to face at least another seat. Atleast two users may sit while facing each other inside the cabin.

9) Payment System

The payment system 365 may provide a payment service to the user. Thepayment system 365 may operate on the basis of an electrical signalgenerated by the input device 310 or the communication device 330. Thepayment system 365 may calculate the price of at least one service usedby the user and request the user to pay the calculated price.

3. C-V2X

A wireless communication system is a multiple access system thatsupports communication of multiple users by sharing available systemresources (a bandwidth, transmission power, etc.). Examples of multipleaccess systems include a CDMA system, an FDMA system, a TDMA system, anOFDMA system, an SC-FDMA system, and an MC-FDMA system.

Sidelink refers to a communication scheme in which a direct link isestablished between user equipments (UEs) and the UEs directly exchangevoice or data without intervention of a base station (BS). The sidelinkis considered as a solution of relieving the BS of the constraint ofrapidly growing data traffic.

Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) is a communication technology in which avehicle exchanges information with another vehicle, a pedestrian, andinfrastructure by wired/wireless communication. V2X may be categorizedinto four types: vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure(V2I), vehicle-to-network (V2N), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P). V2Xcommunication may be provided via a PC5 interface and/or a Uu interface.

As more and more communication devices demand larger communicationcapacities, there is a need for enhanced mobile broadband communicationrelative to existing RATs. Accordingly, a communication system is underdiscussion, for which services or UEs sensitive to reliability andlatency are considered. The next-generation RAT in which eMBB, MTC, andURLLC are considered is referred to as new RAT or NR. In NR, V2Xcommunication may also be supported.

Techniques described herein may be used in various wireless accesssystems such as code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency divisionmultiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonalfrequency division multiple access (OFDMA), single carrier-frequencydivision multiple access (SC-FDMA), and so on. CDMA may be implementedas a radio technology such as universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA)or CDMA2000. TDMA may be implemented as a radio technology such asglobal system for mobile communications (GSM)/general packet radioservice (GPRS)/Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). OFDMA maybe implemented as a radio technology such as IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, evolved-UTRA (E-UTRA), or the like. IEEE802.16m is an evolution of IEEE 802.16e, offering backward compatibilitywith an IRRR 802.16e-based system. UTRA is a part of universal mobiletelecommunications system (UMTS). 3^(rd) generation partnership project(3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is a part of evolved UMTS (E-UMTS)using evolved UTRA (E-UTRA). 3GPP LTE employs OFDMA for downlink (DL)and SC-FDMA for uplink (UL). LTE-advanced (LTE-A) is an evolution of3GPP LTE.

A successor to LTE-A, 5^(th) generation (5G) new radio access technology(NR) is a new clean-state mobile communication system characterized byhigh performance, low latency, and high availability. 5G NR may use allavailable spectral resources including a low frequency band below 1 GHz,an intermediate frequency band between 1 GHz and 10 GHz, and a highfrequency (millimeter) band of 24 GHz or above.

While the following description is given mainly in the context of LTE-Aor 5G NR for the clarity of description, the technical idea of thepresent disclosure is not limited thereto.

FIG. 7 illustrates the structure of an LTE system to which the presentdisclosure is applicable. This may also be called an evolved UMTSterrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) or LTE/LTE-A system.

Referring to FIG. 7, the E-UTRAN includes evolved Node Bs (eNBs) 20which provide a control plane and a user plane to UEs 10. A UE 10 may befixed or mobile, and may also be referred to as a mobile station (MS),user terminal (UT), subscriber station (SS), mobile terminal (MT), orwireless device. An eNB 20 is a fixed station communication with the UE10 and may also be referred to as a base station (BS), a basetransceiver system (BTS), or an access point.

eNBs 20 may be connected to each other via an X2 interface. An eNB 20 isconnected to an evolved packet core (EPC) 39 via an S1 interface. Morespecifically, the eNB 20 is connected to a mobility management entity(MME) via an S1-MME interface and to a serving gateway (S-GW) via anS1-U interface.

The EPC 30 includes an MME, an S-GW, and a packet data network-gateway(P-GW). The MME has access information or capability information aboutUEs, which are mainly used for mobility management of the UEs. The S-GWis a gateway having the E-UTRAN as an end point, and the P-GW is agateway having a packet data network (PDN) as an end point.

Based on the lowest three layers of the open system interconnection(OSI) reference model known in communication systems, the radio protocolstack between a UE and a network may be divided into Layer 1 (L1), Layer2 (L2) and Layer 3 (L3). These layers are defined in pairs between a UEand an Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN), for data transmission via the Uuinterface. The physical (PHY) layer at L1 provides an informationtransfer service on physical channels. The radio resource control (RRC)layer at L3 functions to control radio resources between the UE and thenetwork. For this purpose, the RRC layer exchanges RRC messages betweenthe UE and an eNB.

FIG. 8 illustrates a user-plane radio protocol architecture to which thepresent disclosure is applicable.

FIG. 9 illustrates a control-plane radio protocol architecture to whichthe present disclosure is applicable. A user plane is a protocol stackfor user data transmission, and a control plane is a protocol stack forcontrol signal transmission.

Referring to FIGS. 8 and 9, the PHY layer provides an informationtransfer service to its higher layer on physical channels. The PHY layeris connected to the medium access control (MAC) layer through transportchannels and data is transferred between the MAC layer and the PHY layeron the transport channels. The transport channels are divided accordingto features with which data is transmitted via a radio interface.

Data is transmitted on physical channels between different PHY layers,that is, the PHY layers of a transmitter and a receiver. The physicalchannels may be modulated in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM) and use time and frequencies as radio resources.

The MAC layer provides services to a higher layer, radio link control(RLC) on logical channels. The MAC layer provides a function of mappingfrom a plurality of logical channels to a plurality of transportchannels. Further, the MAC layer provides a logical channel multiplexingfunction by mapping a plurality of logical channels to a singletransport channel. A MAC sublayer provides a data transmission serviceon the logical channels.

The RLC layer performs concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly forRLC serving data units (SDUs). In order to guarantee various quality ofservice (QoS) requirements of each radio bearer (RB), the RLC layerprovides three operation modes, transparent mode (TM), unacknowledgedmode (UM), and acknowledged Mode (AM). An AM RLC provides errorcorrection through automatic repeat request (ARQ).

The RRC layer is defined only in the control plane and controls logicalchannels, transport channels, and physical channels in relation toconfiguration, reconfiguration, and release of RBs. An RB refers to alogical path provided by L1 (the PHY layer) and L2 (the MAC layer, theRLC layer, and the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer), fordata transmission between the UE and the network.

The user-plane functions of the PDCP layer include user datatransmission, header compression, and ciphering. The control-planefunctions of the PDCP layer include control-plane data transmission andciphering/integrity protection.

RB establishment amounts to a process of defining radio protocol layersand channel features and configuring specific parameters and operationmethods in order to provide a specific service. RBs may be classifiedinto two types, signaling radio bearer (SRB) and data radio bearer(DRB). The SRB is used as a path in which an RRC message is transmittedon the control plane, whereas the DRB is used as a path in which userdata is transmitted on the user plane.

Once an RRC connection is established between the RRC layer of the UEand the RRC layer of the E-UTRAN, the UE is placed in RRC_CONNECTEDstate, and otherwise, the UE is placed in RRC_IDLE state. In NR,RRC_INACTIVE state is additionally defined. A UE in the RRC_INACTIVEstate may maintain a connection to a core network, while releasing aconnection from an eNB.

DL transport channels carrying data from the network to the UE include abroadcast channel (BCH) on which system information is transmitted and aDL shared channel (DL SCH) on which user traffic or a control message istransmitted. Traffic or a control message of a DL multicast or broadcastservice may be transmitted on the DL-SCH or a DL multicast channel (DLMCH). UL transport channels carrying data from the UE to the networkinclude a random access channel (RACH) on which an initial controlmessage is transmitted and an UL shared channel (UL SCH) on which usertraffic or a control message is transmitted.

The logical channels which are above and mapped to the transportchannels include a broadcast control channel (BCCH), a paging controlchannel (PCCH), a common control channel (CCCH), a multicast controlchannel (MCCH), and a multicast traffic channel (MTCH).

A physical channel includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in the timedomain by a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain. Onesubframe includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in the time domain. An RBis a resource allocation unit defined by a plurality of OFDM symbols bya plurality of subcarriers. Further, each subframe may use specificsubcarriers of specific OFDM symbols (e.g., the first OFDM symbol) in acorresponding subframe for a physical DL control channel (PDCCH), thatis, an L1/L2 control channel. A transmission time interval (TTI) is aunit time for subframe transmission.

FIG. 10 illustrates the structure of a NR system to which the presentdisclosure is applicable.

Referring to FIG. 10, a next generation radio access network (NG-RAN)may include a next generation Node B (gNB) and/or an eNB, which providesuser-plane and control-plane protocol termination to a UE. In FIG. 10,the NG-RAN is shown as including only gNBs, by way of example. A gNB andan eNB are connected to each other via an Xn interface. The gNB and theeNB are connected to a 5G core network (5GC) via an NG interface. Morespecifically, the gNB and the eNB are connected to an access andmobility management function (AMF) via an NG-C interface and to a userplane function (UPF) via an NG-U interface.

FIG. 11 illustrates functional split between the NG-RAN and the 5GC towhich the present disclosure is applicable.

Referring to FIG. 11, a gNB may provide functions including inter-cellradio resource management (RRM), radio admission control, measurementconfiguration and provision, and dynamic resource allocation. The AMFmay provide functions such as non-access stratum (NAS) security andidle-state mobility processing. The UPF may provide functions includingmobility anchoring and protocol data unit (PDU) processing. A sessionmanagement function (SMF) may provide functions including UE Internetprotocol (IP) address allocation and PDU session control.

FIG. 12 illustrates the structure of a NR radio frame to which thepresent disclosure is applicable.

Referring to FIG. 12, a radio frame may be used for UL transmission andDL transmission in NR. A radio frame is 10 ms in length, and may bedefined by two 5-ms half-frames. An HF may include five 1-ms subframes.A subframe may be divided into one or more slots, and the number ofslots in an SF may be determined according to a subcarrier spacing(SCS). Each slot may include 12 or 14 OFDM(A) symbols according to acyclic prefix (CP).

In a normal CP (NCP) case, each slot may include 14 symbols, whereas inan extended CP (ECP) case, each slot may include 12 symbols. Herein, asymbol may be an OFDM symbol (or CP-OFDM symbol) or an SC-FDMA symbol(or DFT-s-OFDM symbol).

Table 1 below lists the number of symbols per slot N^(slot) _(symb), thenumber of slots per frame N^(frame,u) _(slot), and the number of slotsper subframe N^(subframe,u) _(slot) according to an SCS configuration μin the NCP case.

TABLE 1 SCS (15 * 2u) N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame,u) _(slot)N^(subframe,u) _(slot) 15 KHz (u = 0) 14 10 1 30 KHz (u = 1) 14 20 2 60KHz (u = 2) 14 40 4 120 KHz (u = 3) 14 80 8 240 KHz (u = 4) 14 160 16

Table 2 below lists the number of symbols per slot, the number of slotsper frame, and the number of slots per subframe according to an SCS inthe ECP case.

TABLE 2 SCS (15 * 2{circumflex over ( )}U) N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame,u)_(slot) N^(subframe,u) _(slot) 60KHz (u = 2) 12 40 4

In the NR system, different OFDM(A) numerologies (e.g., SCSs, CPlengths, etc.) may be configured for a plurality of cells aggregated forone UE. Thus, the (absolute) duration of a time resource (e.g., SF,slot, or TTI) including the same number of symbols may differ betweenthe aggregated cells (such a time resource is commonly referred to as atime unit (TU) for convenience of description).

FIG. 13 illustrates the slot structure of a NR frame to which thepresent disclosure is applicable.

Referring to FIG. 13, one slot includes a plurality of symbols in thetime domain. For example, one slot may include 14 symbols in a normal CPand 12 symbols in an extended CP. Alternatively, one slot may include 7symbols in the normal CP and 6 symbols in the extended CP.

A carrier may include a plurality of subcarriers in the frequencydomain. A resource block (RB) is defined as a plurality of consecutivesubcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in the frequency domain. A bandwidthpart (BWP) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive (P)RBs in thefrequency domain, and the BWP may correspond to one numerology (e.g.,SCS, CP length, etc.). The carrier may include up to N (e.g., 5) BWPs.Data communication may be conducted in an activated BWP. In a resourcegrid, each element is referred to as a resource element (RE), and onecomplex symbol may be mapped thereto.

As shown in FIG. 14, when transmission resources are selected, thetransmission resource for a next packet may also be reserved.

FIG. 14 illustrates an example of transmission resource selection towhich the present disclosure is applicable.

In V2X communication, transmission may be performed twice for each MACPDU. For example, referring to FIG. 14, when resources for initialtransmission are selected, resources for retransmission may also bereserved apart from the resources for initial transmission by apredetermined time gap. A UE may identify transmission resourcesreserved or used by other UEs through sensing in a sensing window,exclude the transmission resources from a selection window, and randomlyselect resources with less interference from among the remainingresources.

For example, the UE may decode a physical sidelink control channel(PSCCH) including information about the cycle of reserved resourceswithin the sensing window and measure physical sidelink shared channel(PSSCH) reference signal received power (RSRP) on periodic resourcesdetermined based on the PSCCH. The UE may exclude resources with PSCCHRSRP more than a threshold from the selection window. Thereafter, the UEmay randomly select sidelink resources from the remaining resources inthe selection window.

Alternatively, the UE may measure received signal strength indication(RSSI) for the periodic resources in the sensing window and identifyresources with less interference (for example, the bottom 20 percent).After selecting resources included in the selection window from amongthe periodic resources, the UE may randomly select sidelink resourcesfrom among the resources included in the selection window. For example,when the UE fails to decode the PSCCH, the UE may apply theabove-described method.

FIG. 15 illustrates an example of PSCCH transmission in sidelinktransmission mode 3 or 4 to which the present disclosure is applicable.

In V2X communication, that is, in sidelink transmission mode 3 or 4, aPSCCH and a PSSCH are frequency division multiplexed (FDM) andtransmitted, unlike sidelink communication. Since latency reduction isimportant in V2X in consideration of the nature of vehiclecommunication, the PSCCH and PSSCH are FDM and transmitted on the sametime resources but different frequency resources. Referring to FIG. 15,the PSCCH and PSSCH may not be contiguous to each other as illustratedin FIG. 15 (a) or may be contiguous to each other as illustrated in FIG.15 (b). A subchannel is used as a basic transmission unit. Thesubchannel may be a resource unit including one or more RBs in thefrequency domain within a predetermined time resource (e.g., timeresource unit). The number of RBs included in the subchannel (i.e., thesize of the subchannel and the starting position of the subchannel inthe frequency domain) may be indicated by higher layer signaling. Theexample of FIG. 15 may be applied to NR sidelink resource allocationmode 1 or 2.

Hereinafter, a cooperative awareness message (CAM) and a decentralizedenvironmental notification message (DENM) will be described.

In V2V communication, a periodic message type of CAM and anevent-triggered type of DENM may be transmitted. The CAM may includedynamic state information about a vehicle such as direction and speed,vehicle static data such as dimensions, and basic vehicle informationsuch as ambient illumination states, path details, etc. The CAM may be50 to 300 bytes long. In addition, the CAM is broadcast, and the latencythereof should be less than 100 ms. The DENM may be generated upon theoccurrence of an unexpected incident such as a breakdown, an accident,etc. The DENM may be shorter than 3000 bytes, and it may be received byall vehicles within the transmission range thereof. The DENM may beprioritized over the CAM.

Hereinafter, carrier reselection will be described.

The carrier reselection for V2X/sidelink communication may be performedby MAC layers based on the channel busy ratio (CBR) of configuredcarriers and the ProSe per-packet priority (PPPP) of a V2X message to betransmitted.

-   The CBR may refer to a portion of sub-channels in a resource pool    where S-RSSI measured by the UE is greater than a preconfigured    threshold. There may be a PPPP related to each logical channel, and    latency required by both the UE and BS needs to be reflected when    the PPPP is configured. In the carrier reselection, the UE may    select at least one carrier among candidate carriers in ascending    order from the lowest CBR.

Hereinafter, physical layer processing will be described.

A transmitting side may perform the physical layer processing on a dataunit to which the present disclosure is applicable before transmittingthe data unit over an air interface, and a receiving side may performthe physical layer processing on a radio signal carrying the data unitto which the present disclosure is applicable.

FIG. 16 illustrates physical layer processing at a transmitting side towhich the present disclosure is applicable.

Table 3 shows a mapping relationship between UL transport channels andphysical channels, and Table 4 shows a mapping relationship between ULcontrol channel information and physical channels.

TABLE 3 Transport channel Physical channel UL-SCH PUSCH RACH PRACH

TABLE 4 Control information Physical channel UCI PUCCH, PUSCH

Table 5 shows a mapping relationship between DL transport channels andphysical channels, and Table 6 shows a mapping relationship between DLcontrol channel information and physical channels.

TABLE 5 Transport channel Transport channel DL-SCH PDSCH BCH PBCH PCHPDSCH

TABLE 6 Control information Physical channel DCI PDCCH

Table 7 shows a mapping relationship between sidelink transport channelsand physical channels, and Table 8 shows a mapping relationship betweensidelink control channel information and physical channels.

TABLE 7 Transport channel Transport channel SL-SCH PSSCH SL-BCH PSBCH

TABLE 8 Control information Transport channel SCI PSCCH

Referring to FIG. 17, a transmitting side may encode a TB in step S100.The PHY layer may encode data and a control stream from the MAC layer toprovide transport and control services via a radio transmission link inthe PHY layer. For example, a TB from the MAC layer may be encoded to acodeword at the transmitting side. A channel coding scheme may be acombination of error detection, error correction, rate matching,interleaving, and control information or a transport channel demappedfrom a physical channel. Alternatively, a channel coding scheme may be acombination of error detection, error correcting, rate matching,interleaving, and control information or a transport channel mapped to aphysical channel.

In the NR LTE system, the following channel coding schemes may be usedfor different types of transport channels and different types of controlinformation. For example, channel coding schemes for respectivetransport channel types may be listed as in Table 9. For example,channel coding schemes for respective control information types may belisted as in Table 10.

TABLE 9 Transport channel Channel coding scheme UL-SCH LDPC(Low DensityParity DL-SCH Check) SL-SCH PCH BCH Polar code SL-BCH

TABLE 10 Control information Channel coding scheme DCI Polar code SCIUCI Block code, Polar code

For transmission of a TB (e.g., a MAC PDU), the transmitting side mayattach a CRC sequence to the TB. Thus, the transmitting side may provideerror detection for the receiving side. In sidelink communication, thetransmitting side may be a transmitting UE, and the receiving side maybe a receiving UE. In the NR system, a communication device may use anLDPC code to encode/decode a UL-SCH and a DL-SCH. The NR system maysupport two LDPC base graphs (i.e., two LDPC base metrics). The two LDPCbase graphs may be LDPC base graph 1 optimized for a small TB and LDPCbase graph 2 optimized for a large TB. The transmitting side may selectLDPC base graph 1 or LDPC base graph 2 based on the size and coding rateR of a TB. The coding rate may be indicated by an MCS index, I_MCS. TheMCS index may be dynamically provided to the UE by a PDCCH thatschedules a PUSCH or PDSCH. Alternatively, the MCS index may bedynamically provided to the UE by a PDCCH that (re)initializes oractivates UL configured grant type 2 or DL semi-persistent scheduling(SPS). The MCS index may be provided to the UE by RRC signaling relatedto UL configured grant type 1. When the TB attached with the CRC islarger than a maximum code block (CB) size for the selected LDPC basegraph, the transmitting side may divide the TB attached with the CRCinto a plurality of CBs. The transmitting side may further attach anadditional CRC sequence to each CB. The maximum code block sizes forLDPC base graph 1 and LDPC base graph 2 may be 8448 bits and 3480 bits,respectively. When the TB attached with the CRC is not larger than themaximum CB size for the selected LDPC base graph, the transmitting sidemay encode the TB attached with the CRC to the selected LDPC base graph.The transmitting side may encode each CB of the TB to the selected LDPCbasic graph. The LDPC CBs may be rate-matched individually. The CBs maybe concatenated to generate a codeword for transmission on a PDSCH or aPUSCH. Up to two codewords (i.e., up to two TBs) may be transmittedsimultaneously on the PDSCH. The PUSCH may be used for transmission ofUL-SCH data and layer-1 and/or layer-2 control information. While notshown in FIG. 16, layer-1 and/or layer-2 control information may bemultiplexed with a codeword for UL-SCH data.

In steps S101 and S102, the transmitting side may scramble and modulatethe codeword. The bits of the codeword may be scrambled and modulated toproduce a block of complex-valued modulation symbols.

In step S103, the transmitting side may perform layer mapping. Thecomplex-valued modulation symbols of the codeword may be mapped to oneor more MIMO layers. The codeword may be mapped to up to four layers.The PDSCH may carry two codewords, thus supporting up to 8-layertransmission. The PUSCH may support a single codeword, thus supportingup to 4-layer transmission.

In step S104, the transmitting side may perform precoding transform. ADL transmission waveform may be general OFDM using a CP. For DL,transform precoding (i.e., discrete Fourier transform (DFT)) may not beapplied.

A UL transmission waveform may be conventional OFDM using a CP having atransform precoding function that performs DFT spreading which may bedisabled or enabled. In the NR system, transform precoding, if enabled,may be selectively applied to UL. Transform precoding may be to spreadUL data in a special way to reduce the PAPR of the waveform. Transformprecoding may be a kind of DFT. That is, the NR system may support twooptions for the UL waveform. One of the two options may be CP-OFDM (sameas DL waveform) and the other may be DFT-s-OFDM. Whether the UE shoulduse CP-OFDM or DFT-s-OFDM may be determined by the BS through an RRCparameter.

In step S105, the transmitting side may perform subcarrier mapping. Alayer may be mapped to an antenna port. In DL, transparent(non-codebook-based) mapping may be supported for layer-to-antenna portmapping, and how beamforming or MIMO precoding is performed may betransparent to the UE. In UL, both non-codebook-based mapping andcodebook-based mapping may be supported for layer-to-antenna portmapping.

For each antenna port (i.e. layer) used for transmission of a physicalchannel (e.g. PDSCH, PUSCH, or PSSCH), the transmitting side may mapcomplex-valued modulation symbols to subcarriers in an RB allocated tothe physical channel.

In step S106, the transmitting side may perform OFDM modulation. Acommunication device of the transmitting side may add a CP and performinverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT), thereby generating atime-continuous OFDM baseband signal on an antenna port p and asubcarrier spacing configuration u for an OFDM symbol 1 within a TTI forthe physical channel. For example, for each OFDM symbol, thecommunication device of the transmitting side may perform IFFT on acomplex-valued modulation symbol mapped to an RB of the correspondingOFDM symbol. The communication device of the transmitting side may add aCP to the IFFT signal to generate an OFDM baseband signal.

In step S107, the transmitting side may perform up-conversion. Thecommunication device of the transmitting side may upconvert the OFDMbaseband signal, the SCS configuration u, and the OFDM symbol 1 for theantenna port p to a carrier frequency f0 of a cell to which the physicalchannel is allocated.

Processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 24 may be configured to perform encoding,scrambling, modulation, layer mapping, precoding transformation (forUL), subcarrier mapping, and OFDM modulation.

FIG. 17 illustrates PHY-layer processing at a receiving side to whichthe present disclosure is applicable.

The PHY-layer processing of the receiving side may be basically thereverse processing of the PHY-layer processing of a transmitting side.

In step S110, the receiving side may perform frequency downconversion. Acommunication device of the receiving side may receive a radio frequency(RF) signal in a carrier frequency through an antenna. A transceiver 106or 206 that receives the RF signal in the carrier frequency maydownconvert the carrier frequency of the RF signal to a baseband toobtain an OFDM baseband signal.

In step S111, the receiving side may perform OFDM demodulation. Thecommunication device of the receiving side may acquire complex-valuedmodulation symbols by CP detachment and fast Fourier transform (FFT).For example, for each OFDM symbol, the communication device of thereceiving side may remove a CP from the OFDM baseband signal. Thecommunication device of the receiving side may then perform FFT on theCP-free OFDM baseband signal to obtain complex-valued modulation symbolsfor an antenna port p, an SCS u, and an OFDM symbol 1.

In step S112, the receiving side may perform subcarrier demapping.Subcarrier demapping may be performed on the complex-valued modulationsymbols to obtain complex-valued modulation symbols of the physicalchannel. For example, the processor of a UE may obtain complex-valuedmodulation symbols mapped to subcarriers of a PDSCH among complex-valuedmodulation symbols received in a BWP.

In step S113, the receiving side may perform transform de-precoding.When transform precoding is enabled for a UL physical channel, transformde-precoding (e.g., inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT)) may beperformed on complex-valued modulation symbols of the UL physicalchannel. Transform de-precoding may not be performed for a DL physicalchannel and a UL physical channel for which transform precoding isdisabled.

In step S114, the receiving side may perform layer demapping. Thecomplex-valued modulation symbols may be demapped into one or twocodewords.

In steps S115 and S116, the receiving side may perform demodulation anddescrambling. The complex-valued modulation symbols of the codewords maybe demodulated and descrambled into bits of the codewords.

In step S117, the receiving side may perform decoding. The codewords maybe decoded into TBs. For a UL-SCH and a DL-SCH, LDPC base graph 1 orLDPC base graph 2 may be selected based on the size and coding rate R ofa TB. A codeword may include one or more CBs. Each coded block may bedecoded into a CB to which a CRC has been attached or a TB to which aCRC has been attached, by the selected LDPC base graph. When CBsegmentation has been performed for the TB attached with the CRC at thetransmitting side, a CRC sequence may be removed from each of the CBseach attached with a CRC, thus obtaining CBs. The CBs may beconcatenated to a TB attached with a CRC. A TB CRC sequence may beremoved from the TB attached with the CRC, thereby obtaining the TB. TheTB may be delivered to the MAC layer.

Each of processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 22 may be configured to performOFDM demodulation, subcarrier demapping, layer demapping, demodulation,descrambling, and decoding.

In the above-described PHY-layer processing on thetransmitting/receiving side, time and frequency resources (e.g., OFDMsymbol, subcarrier, and carrier frequency) related to subcarriermapping, OFDM modulation, and frequency upconversion/downconversion maybe determined based on a resource allocation (e.g., an UL grant or a DLassignment).

Synchronization acquisition of a sidelink UE will be described below.

In TDMA and FDMA systems, accurate time and frequency synchronization isessential. Inaccurate time and frequency synchronization may lead todegradation of system performance due to inter-symbol interference (ISI)and inter-carrier interference (ICI). The same is true for V2X. Fortime/frequency synchronization in V2X, a sidelink synchronization signal(SLSS) may be used in the PHY layer, and master informationblock-sidelink-V2X (MIB-SL-V2X) may be used in the RLC layer.

FIG. 18 illustrates a V2X synchronization source or reference to whichthe present disclosure is applicable.

Referring to FIG. 18, in V2X, a UE may be synchronized with a GNSSdirectly or indirectly through a UE (within or out of network coverage)directly synchronized with the GNSS. When the GNSS is configured as asynchronization source, the UE may calculate a direct subframe number(DFN) and a subframe number by using a coordinated universal time (UTC)and a (pre)determined DFN offset.

Alternatively, the UE may be synchronized with a BS directly or withanother UE which has been time/frequency synchronized with the BS. Forexample, the BS may be an eNB or a gNB. For example, when the UE is innetwork coverage, the UE may receive synchronization informationprovided by the BS and may be directly synchronized with the BS.Thereafter, the UE may provide synchronization information to anotherneighboring UE. When a BS timing is set as a synchronization reference,the UE may follow a cell associated with a corresponding frequency (whenwithin the cell coverage in the frequency), a primary cell, or a servingcell (when out of cell coverage in the frequency), for synchronizationand DL measurement.

The BS (e.g., serving cell) may provide a synchronization configurationfor a carrier used for V2X or sidelink communication. In this case, theUE may follow the synchronization configuration received from the BS.When the UE fails in detecting any cell in the carrier used for the V2Xor sidelink communication and receiving the synchronizationconfiguration from the serving cell, the UE may follow a predeterminedsynchronization configuration.

Alternatively, the UE may be synchronized with another UE which has notobtained synchronization information directly or indirectly from the BSor GNSS. A synchronization source and a preference may be preset for theUE. Alternatively, the synchronization source and the preference may beconfigured for the UE by a control message provided by the BS.

A sidelink synchronization source may be related to a synchronizationpriority. For example, the relationship between synchronization sourcesand synchronization priorities may be defined as shown in Table 11.Table 11 is merely an example, and the relationship betweensynchronization sources and synchronization priorities may be defined invarious manners.

TABLE 11 BS-based synchronization GNSS-based (eNB/gNB-based Prioritysynchronization synchronization) P0 GNSS BS P1 All UEs directly All UEsdirectly synchronized with GNSS synchronized with BS P2 All UEs All UEsindirectly indirectly synchronized with synchronized with BS GNSS P3 Allother UEs GNSS P4 N/A All UEs directly synchronized with GNSS P5 N/A AllUEs indirectly synchronized with GNSS P6 N/A All other UEs

Whether to use GNSS-based synchronization or BS-based synchronizationmay be (pre)determined. In a single-carrier operation, the UE may deriveits transmission timing from an available synchronization reference withthe highest priority.

In the conventional sidelink communication, the GNSS, eNB, and UE may beset/selected as the synchronization reference as described above. In NR,the gNB has been introduced so that the NR gNB may become thesynchronization reference as well. However, in this case, thesynchronization source priority of the gNB needs to be determined. Inaddition, a NR UE may neither have an LTE synchronization signaldetector nor access an LTE carrier (non-standalone NR UE). In thissituation, the timing of the NR UE may be different from that of an LTEUE, which is not desirable from the perspective of effective resourceallocation. For example, if the LTE UE and NR UE operate at differenttimings, one TTI may partially overlap, resulting in unstableinterference therebetween, or some (overlapping) TTIs may not be usedfor transmission and reception. To this end, various implementations forconfiguring the synchronization reference when the NR gNB and LTE eNBcoexist will be described based on the above discussion. Herein, thesynchronization source/reference may be defined as a synchronizationsignal used by the UE to transmit and receive a sidelink signal orderive a timing for determining a subframe boundary. Alternatively, thesynchronization source/reference may be defined as a subject thattransmits the synchronization signal. If the UE receives a GNSS signaland determines the subframe boundary based on a UTC timing derived fromthe GNSS, the GNSS signal or GNSS may be the synchronizationsource/reference.

Meanwhile, in the NR system, since a TTI length may be designed flexiblyin accordance with latency requirements of the UE, the number of OFDMsymbols constituting one TTI may be varied (i.e. 14 symbols, 7 symbols,4 symbols). In this case, if one symbol of each of first and lastsymbols is emptied for AGC and Tx/Rx switching operation like a subframestructure of the current LTE V2X, the TTI length becomes short, wherebyresources capable of being transmitted to data are significantlydamaged. Particularly, in case of 4-OFDM symbol (OS) TTI, its halfcannot be used. Therefore, a method for increasing the number of anyavailable REs is required. To this end, RE mapping for data transmissionmay be considered for symbols used for AGC and Tx/Rx switchingoperation.

In the NR V2X system, Tx/Rx switching time is reduced from 20 us of thelegacy LTE to 10 us in case of FR1 (sub 6 GHz) and reduced to flus incase of FR2 (millimeter wave). Also, the time required for AGC operationmay be varied depending on UE capability. In this way, considering thatthe time required for AGC and Tx/Rx switching operation is reduced,methods for increasing the number of REs available for data transmissionthrough comb type RE mapping to each symbol used for AGC and Tx/Rxswitching will be described. Hereinafter, a method for configuring combtype RE mapping in AGC and Tx/Rx switching and in this case, a methodfor configuring a comb repetition factor of comb type RE mapping will bedescribed in detail. In the following description, a symbol for AGCoperation will be referred to as AGC symbol, and a symbol for Tx/Rxswitching operation will be referred to as a guard symbol, forconvenience of description.

Embodiment

A sidelink UE according to one embodiment of the present disclosure maymap data to symbols within a slot (S1901 of FIG. 19), and may transmit asignal after the data mapping (S1902 of FIG. 19). In this case, thenumber of REs available for data transmission may be increased throughcomb type RE mapping (e.g., as illustrated in slot 0 of FIG. 20(b),subcarrier mapping based on a certain interval on a frequency axis) toeach symbol used for AGC and Tx/Rx switching operation.

In detail, a portion of a symbol used for the existing Tx/Rx switchingor a symbol used for AGC may be used for data transmission. The casethat a portion of the symbol used for Tx/Rx switching is used for datatransmission will first be described. Whether to map data to apredetermined symbol of a slot and a mapping interval may be determinedby a subcarrier spacing and a frequency range. The predetermined symbolmay be the symbol for Tx/Rx switching or the symbol for AGC (AutomaticGain Control). The UE may use a second time duration excluding a firsttime duration from a symbol duration corresponding to the subcarrierspacing, for data transmission, wherein the first time duration may bethe smallest value of values greater than the Tx/Rx switching time inthe frequency range (FR) among integer multiples of values obtained bydividing the symbol duration by the mapping interval. In thepredetermined symbol, the data may be mapped to RE corresponding to aninteger multiple of the mapping interval based on the lowest frequencyRE.

Some REs of the guard symbol and/or the AGC symbol may be used for datatransmission by using the above method. Regarding this, a descriptionwill be given in detail with reference to FIG. 20.

FIG. 20 shows a symbol duration of 8.93 us when a subcarrier spacing is120 kHz. This case is based on that the mapping interval is 4 and thefrequency range is FR2. The Tx/Rx switching time is different for eachfrequency range, wherein FR1 is 10 us and FR2 is 5 us. If data aremapped to REs in accordance with the mapping interval, since thismapping is seen like a comb shape, this mapping method may be referredto as comb type RE mapping, and the mapping interval may be referred toas a comb repetition factor. Subsequently, in case of the example ofFIG. 20, the first time duration is 6.69 which is the smallest of values(6.69, 8.93) greater than 5 us which is FR 2 Tx/Rx switching time, amonginteger multiples (2.23, 4.46, 6.69, 8.93) of values obtained bydividing the symbol duration of 8.93 us by the mapping interval of 4.That is, in case of FR 2 and a subcarrier spacing of 120 kHz, 2.23 us ofa symbol duration 8.93 us may be used for data transmission in themapping interval of 4. In this case, data are mapped to RE correspondingto an integer multiple of the mapping interval of 4 based on the lowestfrequency RE on a frequency axis. In this example, in case of FR1, sincethe Tx/Rx switching time is 10 us greater than the symbol duration, noresource to be used for data transmission exists.

The subcarrier spacing may be one of 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz and 120 kHz,and the frequency range may be one of FR 1 and FR 2. Also, a symbolduration (or 1-OS duration) per subcarrier spacing is as listed in Table12 below.

TABLE 12 Subcarrier spacing (kHz) 1-OS duration (us) 15 71.43 30 35.7160 17.86 120 8.93

Based on the above symbol duration, more various cases than those shownin FIG. 20 will be described. In case of a subcarrier spacing of 60 kHz,comb type RE mapping may be performed for a guard symbol if a propercomb repetition factor is used. For example, in case of FR1, if a combtime repetition factor is set to 3, the time of 5.95 us (17.86 us/3) isrequired on a time axis to transmit data symbols within the 1-OSduration, and the Tx/Rx switching operation is available for theremaining 11.91 us. In other words, 10 us of 11.91 us may be used forthe Tx/Rx switching operation, and 5.95 us (17.86 us/3) may be used fordata symbol transmission. Also, in case of FR2, if a comb timerepetition factor is set to 2, the time of 8.93 us (17.86 us/2) isrequired on a time axis to transmit data symbols within the 1-OSduration, and the Tx/Rx switching operation is available for theremaining 8.93 us. That is, if the comb time repetition factor is set to2, the time of 8.93 us (17.86 us/2) except the time required for Tx/Rxswitching may be used for data transmission.

Similarly, if a proper comb time repetition factor is applied to asubcarrier spacing of 30 kHz, 15 kHz, etc., comb type RE mapping may beperformed for the guard symbol.

For example, in case of FR1/FR2 at a subcarrier spacing of 30 kHz, if acomb time repetition factor is set to 2, the time of 17.855 us (35.71us/2) is required on the time axis to transmit data symbols within the1-OS duration, and the Tx/Rx switching operation is available for theremaining 17.855 us. That is, 17.85 us (35.71 us/2) may be used for datatransmission.

Also, in case of a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz and FR1/FR2, if a combtime repetition factor is set to 2, the time of 35.715 us (71.43 us/2)is required on the time axis o transmit data symbols within the 1-OSduration, and the Tx/Rx switching operation is available for theremaining 35.715 us. That is, 35.715 us (71.43 us/2) may be used fordata transmission.

As described above, since a duration of one symbol is changed inaccordance with a subcarrier spacing, if comb type RE mapping isperformed, the comb repetition factor may be applied differently. In theaforementioned description, the repetition factor based on eachsubcarrier spacing value has been described based on a minimum valueapplicable under the corresponding condition, and may be set to a valuegreater than the value set in the above example as listed in Table 13.

TABLE 13 Subcarrier spacing Frequency Comb (kHz) Range repetition factor15 FR1 2 (or 2 or more) FR2 2 (or 2 or more) 30 FR1 2 (or 2 or more) FR22 (or 2 or more) 60 FR1 3 (or 3 or more) FR2 2 (or 2 or more) 120 FR1 —FR2 4 (or 4 or more)

In the aforementioned description, the mapping interval may bedetermined by further considering the TTI length, and whether to mapdata may be determined by further considering whether the TTI length isa certain value or less, whether a ratio of the 1-OS duration reservedin the TTI length is a certain value or less, or whether a ratio of theTx/Rx switching time reserved in the 1-OS duration or TTI length is acertain value or less. In other words, the description according to eachsubcarrier spacing value is based on a normal TTI, and a ratio of the1-OS duration reserved in the TTI length is varied depending on the TTIlength. Therefore, whether to apply the comb type RE mapping dependingon the TTI length may be selected. Whether to apply the comb type REmapping may be selected depending on [the case that the TTI length is acertain value or less] or [the case that the ratio of the 1-OS durationreserved in the TTI length is a certain value or less] or [the case thatthe ratio of the Tx/Rx switching time reserved in the 1-OS duration (orTTI length) is a certain value or less].

Meanwhile, the aforementioned description may be applied to AGC symbolwhich is the first symbol. Regarding this, a description will be givenwith reference to FIG. 21. The structure of the legacy LTE V2X subframeis shown in FIG. 21(a), wherein the first symbol is a guard symbol forAGC, and a predetermined symbol is a guard symbol for Tx/Rx switching.In this legacy resource structure, as shown in FIG. 21(b), comb type REmapping may be performed for the first AGC symbol by using a repetitionfactor of 2. The aforementioned comb type RE mapping applied in theguard symbol may be applied equally even in the AGC symbol. Since thetime required for AGC operation may be varied depending on UEcapability, etc., whether to apply comb type RE mapping under a certaincondition as described above and a comb repetition factor value when thecomb type RE mapping is applied may be selected. For example, whether toapply comb type RE mapping may be selected depending on [the case thatthe TTI length is a certain value or less] or [the case that a ratio ofthe 1-OS duration reserved in the TTI length is a certain value or less]or [the case that a ratio of the AGC time reserved in the 1-OS duration(or TTI length) is a certain value or less].

Meanwhile, in the current Rel-12, it is assumed that the time for AGCoperation is about 70 us. If OFDM symbol based on LTE V2X slot format isused, the AGC operation may be performed. However, if a subcarrierspacing and a frequency range, which are flexible in an NR sidelink, areintroduced in a slot format, a length of one OFDM symbol is varied.Particularly, in case of FR2, the length of one OFDM symbol is reduced,whereby the number of OFDM symbols required for AGC operation within oneslot is increased. For example, in case of FR2, if the time required forAGC operation even at a subcarrier spacing of 120 kHz is 70 us, one slotor more are always discarded and overhead becomes too great. In order toreduce such an overhead, a method for scheduling/sensing various slotsby grouping the slots depending on a frequency range and/or subcarrierspacing may be considered in an NR sidelink. For example, in FR2, twoslots may always be grouped into one unit and then subjected toscheduling/sensing to increase the number of OFDM symbols existing in atransmission unit. How many slots are grouped and scheduled/sensed maybe configured from the network through physical layer signaling orhigher layer signaling, or may be configured by a previously signaledvalue. That is, the UE may perform scheduling or sensing in apredetermined frequency range and subcarrier spacing in a unit of nslots, wherein n may be indicated by physical layer signaling or higherlayer signaling.

As described above, if data are mapped to AGC symbol and/or guard symbolby comb type RE mapping, the corresponding data may be subjected topuncturing or rate matching. Also, puncturing or rate matching may be(pre)configured to be specific to carrier/resource pool/frequency range.

If comb type RE mapping is performed for AGC symbol and/or guard symbol,a comb repetition factor of the AGC symbol and/or guard symbol may beconfigured from the network through physical layer signaling or higherlayer signaling, or may be configured by a previously signaled value. Inshort,

(1) the repetition factor may be selected based on a subcarrier spacing,

(2) the repetition factor may be selected based on TTI length,

(3) the repetition factor may be selected based on a frequency ranger,and

(4) the repetition factor may be selected based on UE capability. Therepetition factor may be selected based on each of (1)˜(4), or may beselected even by combination of (1)˜(4).

Meanwhile, the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited todirect communication between UEs, and may be used for an uplink ordownlink, and in this case, the above proposed methods may be used bythe BS or relay node.

Since the embodiments of the above-described proposed methods may beincluded in one of the implementation methods of the present disclosure,it will be apparent that the embodiments may be regarded as a kind ofproposed methods. In addition, the above-described proposed methods mayindependently be implemented, but may also be implemented in the form ofcombination (or merge) thereof. A rule may be defined such thatinformation as to whether to apply the proposed methods (or informationon the rules of the proposed methods) may be notified from the BS to theUE or from the transmitting UE to the receiving UE through a predefinedsignal (e.g., physical layer signal or higher layer signal).

Overview of Device According to the Embodiment of the Present Disclosure

Hereinafter, a device to which the present disclosure is applicable willbe described.

FIG. 22 illustrates a wireless communication device according to oneembodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 22, a wireless communication system may include afirst device 9010 and a second device 9020.

The first device 9010 may be a device related to a base station, anetwork node, a transmitting user equipment (UE), a receiving UE, aradio device, a wireless communication device, a vehicle, a vehicle onwhich a self-driving function is mounted, a connected car, a drone(unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), an artificial intelligence (AI) module,a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR)device, a mixed reality (MR) device, a hologram device, a public safetydevice, an MTC device, an IoT device, a medical device, a FinTech device(or financial device), a security device, a climate/environment device,a device related to 5G service or a device related to the fourthindustrial revolution field in addition to the devices.

The second device 9020 may be a device related to a base station, anetwork node, a transmitting UE, a receiving UE, a radio device, awireless communication device, a vehicle, a vehicle on which aself-driving function is mounted, a connected car, a drone (unmannedaerial vehicle (UAV)), an artificial intelligence (AI) module, a robot,an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a mixedreality (MR) device, a hologram device, a public safety device, an MTCdevice, an IoT device, a medical device, a FinTech device (or financialdevice), a security device, a climate/environment device, a devicerelated to 5G service or a device related to the fourth industrialrevolution field in addition to the devices.

For example, the UE may include a portable phone, a smart phone, alaptop computer, a terminal for digital broadcasting, a personal digitalassistants (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigator, aslate PC, a tablet PC, an ultrabook, a wearable device (e.g., a watchtype terminal (smartwatch), a glasses type terminal (smart glasses), ahead mounted display (HMD)), and so on. For example, the HMD may be adisplay device of a form, which is worn on the head. For example, theHMD may be used to implement VR, AR or MR.

For example, the drone may be a flight vehicle that flies by a wirelesscontrol signal without a person being on the flight vehicle. Forexample, the VR device may include a device implementing an object orbackground of a virtual world. For example, the AR device may include adevice implementing an object or background of a virtual world byconnecting it to an object or background of a real world. For example,the MR device may include a device implementing the object or backgroundof the virtual world by merging it with the object or background of thereal world. For example, the hologram device may include a deviceimplementing a 360-degree stereographic image by recording and playingback stereographic information using the interference phenomenon oflight generated when two lasers called holography meet each other. Forexample, the public safety device may include a video relay device or avideo device capable of being worn on a user's body. For example, theMTC device and the IoT device may be devices that do not require aperson's direct intervention or manipulation. For example, the MTCdevice and the IoT device may include a smart meter, a vending machine,a thermometer, a smart bulb, a door lock or a variety of sensors. Forexample, the medical device may be a device used for the purpose ofdiagnosing, treating, reducing, handling or preventing a disease. Forexample, the medical device may be a device used for the purpose ofdiagnosing, treating, reducing or correcting an injury or obstacle. Forexample, the medical device may be a device used for the purpose oftesting, substituting or modifying a structure or function. For example,the medical device may be a device used for the purpose of controllingpregnancy. For example, the medical device may include a device formedical treatment, a device for operation, a device for (external)diagnosis, a hearing aid or a device for a surgical procedure. Forexample, the security device may be a device installed to prevent apossible danger and to maintain safety. For example, the security devicemay be a camera, CCTV, a recorder or a blackbox. For example, theFinTech device may be a device capable of providing financial services,such as mobile payment. For example, the FinTech device may include apayment device or point of sales (POS). For example, theclimate/environment device may include a device for monitoring orpredicting the climate/environment.

The first device 9010 may include at least one processor such as aprocessor 9011, at least one memory device such as memory 9012, and atleast one transceiver such as a transceiver 9013. The processor 9011 mayperform the above-described functions, procedures, and/or methods. Theprocessor 9011 may implement one or more protocols. For example, theprocessor 9011 may implement one or more layers of a radio interfaceprotocol. The memory 9012 is connected to the processor 9011, and maystore various types of information and/or instructions. The transceiver9013 is connected to the processor 9011, and may be controlled totransmit and receive radio signals. The transceiver 9013 may beconnected with one or more antennas 9014-1 to 9014-n, and thetransceiver 9013 may be configured to transmit and receive user data,control information, a radio signal/channel, which are mentioned in themethods and/or operation flow chart in this specification, through oneor more antennas 9014-1 to 9014-n. In this specification, the n antennasmay be the number of physical antennas or the number of logical antennaports.

The second device 9020 may include at least one processor such as aprocessor 9021, at least one memory device such as memory 9022, and atleast one transceiver such as a transceiver 9023. The processor 9021 mayperform the above-described functions, procedures and/or methods. Theprocessor 9021 may implement one or more protocols. For example, theprocessor 9021 may implement one or more layers of a radio interfaceprotocol. The memory 9022 is connected to the processor 9021, and maystore various types of information and/or instructions. The transceiver9023 is connected to the processor 9021 and may be controlled totransmit and receive radio signals. The transceiver 9023 may beconnected with one or more antennas 9024-1 to 9024-n, and thetransceiver 9023 may be configured to transmit and receive user data,control information, a radio signal/channel, which are mentioned in themethods and/or operation flow chart in this specification, through oneor more antennas 9024-1 to 9024-n.

The memory 9012 and/or the memory 9022 may be connected inside oroutside the processor 9011 and/or the processor 9021, respectively, andmay be connected to another processor through various technologies, suchas a wired or wireless connection. FIG. 23 illustrates a wirelesscommunication device according to one embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 23 shows a more detailed view of the first or second device 9010 or9020 of FIG. 22. However, the wireless communication device of FIG. 23is not limited to the first or second device 9010 or 9020. The wirelesscommunication device may be any suitable mobile computing device forimplementing at least one configuration of the present disclosure suchas a vehicle communication system or device, a wearable device, aportable computer, a smart phone, etc.

Referring to FIG. 23, the wireless communication device (UE) may includeat least one processor (e.g., DSP, microprocessor, etc.) such as aprocessor 9110, a transceiver 9135, a power management module 9105, anantenna 9140, a battery 9155, a display 9115, a keypad 9120, a GPS chip9160, a sensor 9165, a memory 9130, a subscriber identification module(SIM) card 9125 (which is optional), a speaker 9145, and a microphone9150. The UE may include at least one antennas.

The processor 9110 may be configured to implement the above-describedfunctions, procedures, and/or methods. In some implementations, theprocessor 9110 may implement one or more protocols such as radiointerface protocol layers.

The memory 9130 is connected to the processor 9110 and may storeinformation related to the operations of the processor 9110. The memory9130 may be located inside or outside the processor 9110 and connectedto other processors through various techniques such as wired or wirelessconnections.

A user may enter various types of information (e.g., instructionalinformation such as a telephone number) by various techniques such aspushing buttons of the keypad 9120 or voice activation using themicrophone 9150. The processor 9110 may receive and process theinformation from the user and perform appropriate functions such asdialing the telephone number. For example, the processor 9110 data mayretrieve data (e.g., operational data) from the SIM card 9125 or thememory 9130 to perform the functions. As another example, the processor9110 may receive and process GPS information from the GPS chip 9160 toperform functions related to the location of the UE, such as vehiclenavigation, map services, etc. As a further example, the processor 9110may display various types of information and data on the display 9115for user reference and convenience.

The transceiver 9135 is connected to the processor 9110 and may transmitand receives a radio signal such as an RF signal. The processor 9110 maycontrol the transceiver 9135 to initiate communication and transmitradio signals including various types of information or data such asvoice communication data. The transceiver 9135 includes a receiver and atransmitter to receive and transmit radio signals. The antenna 9140facilitates the radio signal transmission and reception. In someimplementations, upon receiving radio signals, the transceiver 9135 mayforward and convert the signals to baseband frequency for processing bythe processor 9110. Various techniques may be applied to the processedsignals. For example, the processed signals may be transformed intoaudible or readable information to be output via the speaker 9145.

In some implementations, the sensor 9165 may be coupled to the processor9110. The sensor 9165 may include one or more sensing devices configuredto detect various types of information including, but not limited to,speed, acceleration, light, vibration, proximity, location, image, andso on. The processor 9110 may receive and process sensor informationobtained from the sensor 9165 and perform various types of functionssuch as collision avoidance, autonomous driving, etc.

In the example of FIG. 23, various components (e.g., camera, universalserial bus (USB) port, etc.) may be further included in the UE. Forexample, a camera may be coupled to the processor 9110 and used forvarious services such as autonomous driving, vehicle safety services,etc.

The UE of FIG. 23 is merely exemplary, and implementations are notlimited thereto. That is, in some scenarios, some components (e.g.,keypad 9120, GPS chip 9160, sensor 9165, speaker 9145, and/or microphone9150) may not be implemented in the UE.

FIG. 24 illustrates a transceiver of a wireless communication deviceaccording to an implementation of the present disclosure. Specifically,FIG. 24 shows a transceiver that may be implemented in a frequencydivision duplex (FDD) system.

In the transmission path, at least one processor such as the processordescribed in FIGS. 22 and 23 may process data to be transmitted and thentransmit a signal such as an analog output signal to a transmitter 9210.

In the transmitter 9210, the analog output signal may be filtered by alow-pass filter (LPF) 9211, for example, to remove noises caused byprior digital-to-analog conversion (ADC), unconverted from baseband toRF by an upconverter (e.g., mixer) 9212, and amplified by an amplifier9213 such as a variable gain amplifier (VGA). The amplified signal maybe filtered again by a filter 9214, further amplified by a poweramplifier (PA) 9215, routed through duplexer 9250 and antenna switch9260, and transmitted via an antenna 9270.

In the reception path, the antenna 9270 may receive a signal in awireless environment. The received signal may be routed through theantenna switch 9260 and duplexer 9250 and sent to a receiver 9220.

In the receiver 9220, the received signal may be amplified by anamplifier such as a low noise amplifier (LNA) 9223, filtered by aband-pass filter 9224, and downconverted from RF to baseband by adownconverter (e.g., mixer) 9225.

The downconverted signal may be filtered by an LPF 9226 and amplified byan amplifier such as a VGA 9227 to obtain an analog input signal, whichis provided to the at least one processor such as the processor.

Further, a local oscillator (LO) 9240 may generate and providetransmission and reception LO signals to the upconverter 9212 anddownconverter 9225, respectively.

In some implementations, a phase locked loop (PLL) 9230 may receivecontrol information from the processor and provide control signals tothe LO 9240 to generate the transmission and reception LO signals atappropriate frequencies.

Implementations are not limited to the particular arrangement shown inFIG. 24, and various components and circuits may be arranged differentlyfrom the example shown in FIG. 24.

FIG. 25 illustrates a transceiver of a wireless communication deviceaccording to an implementation of the present disclosure. Specifically,FIG. 25 shows a transceiver that may be implemented in a time divisionduplex (TDD) system.

In some implementations, a transmitter 9310 and a receiver 9320 of thetransceiver in the TDD system may have one or more similar features tothose of the transmitter and the receiver of the transceiver in the FDDsystem. Hereinafter, the structure of the transceiver in the TDD systemwill be described.

In the transmission path, a signal amplified by a PA 9315 of thetransmitter may be routed through a band selection switch 9350, a BPF9360, and an antenna switch(s) 9370 and then transmitted via an antenna9380.

In the reception path, the antenna 9380 may receive a signal in awireless environment. The received signals may be routed through theantenna switch(s) 9370, the BPF 9360, and the band selection switch 9350and then provided to the receiver 9320.

FIG. 26 illustrates sidelink operations of a wireless device accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure. The sidelink operationsof the wireless device shown in FIG. 26 are merely exemplary, and thewireless device may perform sidelink operations based on varioustechniques. The sidelink may correspond to a UE-to-UE interface forsidelink communication and/or sidelink discovery. The sidelink maycorrespond to a PC5 interface as well. In a broad sense, the sidelinkoperation may mean information transmission and reception between UEs.Various types of information may be transferred through the sidelink.

Referring to FIG. 26, the wireless device may obtain sidelink-relatedinformation in step S9410. The sidelink-related information may includeat least one resource configuration. The wireless device may obtain thesidelink-related information from another wireless device or a networknode.

After obtaining the sidelink-related information, the wireless devicemay decode the sidelink-related information in step S9420.

After decoding the sidelink-related information, the wireless device mayperform one or more sidelink operations based on the sidelink-relatedinformation in step S9430. The sidelink operation(s) performed by thewireless device may include at least one of the operations describedherein.

FIG. 27 illustrates sidelink operations of a network node according toan implementation of the present disclosure. The sidelink operations ofthe network node shown in FIG. 27 are merely exemplary, and the networknode may perform sidelink operations based on various techniques.

Referring to FIG. 27, the network node may receive sidelink-relatedinformation from a wireless device in step S9510. For example, thesidelink-related information may correspond to Sidelink UE Information,which is used to provide sidelink information to a network node.

After receiving the sidelink-related information, the network node maydetermine whether to transmit one or more sidelink-related instructionsbased on the received information in step S9520.

When determining to transmit the sidelink-related instruction(s), thenetwork node may transmit the sidelink-related instruction(s) to thewireless device in S9530. In some implementations, upon receiving theinstruction(s) transmitted from the network node, the wireless devicemay perform one or more sidelink operations based on the receivedinstruction(s).

FIG. 28 illustrates the implementation of a wireless device and anetwork node according to an implementation of the present disclosure.The network node may be replaced with a wireless device or a UE.

Referring to FIG. 28, a wireless device 9610 may include a communicationinterface 9611 to communicate with one or more other wireless devices,network nodes, and/or other entities in the network. The communicationinterface 9611 may include one or more transmitters, one or morereceivers, and/or one or more communications interfaces. The wirelessdevice 9610 may include a processing circuitry 9612. The processingcircuitry 9612 may include at least one processor such as a processor9613 and at least one memory such as a memory 9614.

The processing circuitry 9612 may be configured to control at least oneof the methods and/or processes described herein and/or enable thewireless device 9610 to perform the methods and/or processes. Theprocessor 9613 may correspond to one or more processors for performingthe wireless device functions described herein. The wireless device 9610may include the memory 9614 configured to store the data, programmablesoftware code, and/or information described herein.

In some implementations, the memory 9614 may store software code 9615including instructions that allow the processor 9613 to perform some orall of the above-described processes when driven by the at least oneprocessor such as the processor 9613.

For example, the at least one processor such as the processor 9613configured to control at least one transceiver such as a transceiver2223 may process at least one processor for information transmission andreception.

A network node 9620 may include a communication interface 9621 tocommunicate with one or more other network nodes, wireless devices,and/or other entities in the network. The communication interface 9621may include one or more transmitters, one or more receivers, and/or oneor more communications interfaces. The network node 9620 may include aprocessing circuitry 9622. The processing circuitry 9622 may include aprocessor 9623 and a memory 9624.

In some implementations, the memory 9624 may store software code 9625including instructions that allow the processor 9623 to perform some orall of the above-described processes when driven by at least oneprocessor such as the processor 9623.

For example, the at least one processor such as the processor 9623configured to control at least one transceiver such as a transceiver2213 may process at least one processor for information transmission andreception.

The above-described implementations may be embodied by combining thestructural elements and features of the present disclosure in variousways. Each structural element and feature may be selectively consideredunless specified otherwise. Some structural elements and features may beimplemented without any combination with other structural elements andfeatures. However, some structural elements and features may be combinedto implement the present disclosure. The operation order describedherein may be changed. Some structural elements or feature in animplementation may be included in another implementation or replacedwith structural elements or features suitable for the otherimplementation.

The above-described implementations of the present disclosure may beembodied through various means, for example, hardware, firmware,software, or any combination thereof. In a hardware configuration, themethods according the present disclosure may be achieved by at least oneof one or more ASICs, one or more DSPs, one or more DSPDs, one or morePLDs, one or more FPGAs, one or more processors, one or morecontrollers, one or more microcontrollers, one or more microprocessors,etc.

In a firmware or software configuration, the methods according to thepresent disclosure may be implemented in the form of a module, aprocedure, a function, etc. Software code may be stored in a memory andexecuted by a processor. The memory may be located inside or outside theprocessor and exchange data with the processor via various known means.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present disclosure maybe carried out in other specific ways than those set forth hereinwithout departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of thepresent disclosure. Although the present disclosure has been describedbased on the 3GPP LTE/LTE-A system or 5G system (NR system), the presentdisclosure is also applicable to various wireless communication systems.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The above-described implementations of the present disclosure areapplicable to various mobile communication systems.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A method for transmitting a signal by asidelink user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, themethod comprising: performing, by the sidelink UE, sensing within asensing window; excluding, by the sidelink UE, a resource related to atransmission of another sidelink UE; after excluding the resource,selecting, by the sidelink UE, a transmission resource within aselection window; mapping, by the sidelink UE, data to symbols in a slotof the transmission resource; and transmitting, by the sidelink UE, asignal after mapping the data, wherein whether to map data to apredetermined symbol in the slot and a mapping interval are determinedbased on a subcarrier spacing and a frequency range (FR), and whereinthe sidelink UE uses a second time duration excluding a first timeduration from a symbol duration corresponding to the subcarrier spacing,for data transmission, and the first time duration is a smallest valueof values greater than Tx/Rx switching time in the FR among integermultiples of values obtained by dividing the symbol duration by themapping interval.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predeterminedsymbol is a symbol for Tx/Rx switching or a symbol for AGC (AutomaticGain Control).
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein in the predeterminedsymbol, the data are mapped to resource element (RE) corresponding to aninteger multiple of the mapping interval based on a lowest frequency RE.4. The method of claim 1, wherein the subcarrier spacing is one of 15kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz and 120 kHz.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein thefrequency range is one of FR1 and FR2.
 6. The method of claim 1, whereinthe sidelink UE performs scheduling or sensing in a unit of n slots in apredetermined frequency range and subcarrier spacing.
 7. The method ofclaim 6, wherein the n is indicated by physical layer signaling orhigher layer signaling.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the mappinginterval is determined by further considering a transmission timeinterval (TTI) length.
 9. The method of claim 8, wherein whether to mapdata is determined by further considering whether the TTI length is acertain value or less, whether a ratio of a duration reserved in the TTIlength is a certain value or less, or whether a ratio of Automatic GainControl (AGC) time reserved in the symbol duration or the TTI length isa certain value or less.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mappinginterval is determined by further considering UE capability.
 11. Asidelink user equipment (UE) for transmitting or receiving a signal in awireless communication system, the sidelink UE comprising: a memory; anda processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configuredto perform operations for the sidelink UE, the operations including:performing sensing within a sensing window; excluding a resource relatedto a transmission of another sidelink UE; after excluding the resource,selecting a transmission resource within a selection window; mappingdata to symbols in a slot; and transmitting a signal after mapping thedata, wherein whether to map data to a predetermined symbol in the slotand a mapping interval are determined based on a subcarrier spacing anda frequency range (FR), and wherein the sidelink UE uses a second timeduration excluding a first time duration from a symbol durationcorresponding to the subcarrier spacing, for data transmission, and thefirst time duration is a smallest value of values greater than Tx/Rxswitching time in the FR among integer multiples of values obtained bydividing the symbol duration by the mapping interval.
 12. The sidelinkUE of claim 11, wherein the predetermined symbol is a symbol for Tx/Rxswitching or a symbol for AGC (Automatic Gain Control).
 13. The sidelinkUE of claim 11, wherein in the predetermined symbol, the data are mappedto resource element (RE) corresponding to the mapping interval from alowest frequency RE.